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Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts: [rehearsals]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts

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Title
Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts: [rehearsals]
Additional title: Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Channels/Inserts (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Eginton, Meg (Dancer)
Lennon, Joseph (Dancer)
Friedman, Lise (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Armitage, Karole (Dancer)
Lazaroff, Judy (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1979 - 1981
Table of Contents
Roadrunners (stage right) (22 min.) -- Roadrunners (stage left) (23 min.) -- Channels/Inserts (stage right) (27 min.) -- Channels/Inserts (stage left) (28 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1964
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-948 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Performers: Roadrunners. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Merce Cunningham, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Joseph Lennon, Meg Eginton, and others.
Performers: Channels/Inserts. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Chris Komar, Rob Remley, Joseph Lennon, Judy Lazaroff, Karole Armitage, and others.
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 1979 (Roadrunners) and Mar. 1981 (Channels/Inserts).
Biographical/historical: Roadrunners premiered June 19, 1979 with a musical score by Yasunao Tone. The stage version of Channels/inserts (originally created as a videodance) premiered Mar. 1981 with a musical score by David Tudor.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (100 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video contains studio run-throughs of Roadrunners and Channels/inserts. Each piece is recorded twice, filmed from different angles. Some angles do not show the entire studio.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16140537
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4afbdb30-b2b9-0131-3a53-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1979: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979 - 1981. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c927750-b2b9-0131-144c-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c927750-b2b9-0131-144c-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979 - 1981). Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c927750-b2b9-0131-144c-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts