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Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails: [rehearsals]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails

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Title
Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails: [rehearsals]
Additional title: Quartet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Gallopade (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Trails (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Armitage, Karole (Dancer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Burns, Louise Ann (Dancer)
Eginton, Meg (Dancer)
Emery, Susan (Dancer)
Friedman, Lise (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Lazaroff, Judy (Dancer)
Lennon, Joseph (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980 - 1983
Table of Contents
Quartet / rehearsed by Helen Barrow, Merce Cunningham, Susan Emery, Judy Lazaroff, Rob Remley (15 min.) -- Gallopade / rehearsed by Merce Cunningham, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Judy Lazaroff, Rob Remley and others (18 min.) -- Duets / rehearsed by Susan Emery and Rob Remley, Karole Armitage and Alan Good, Catherine Kerr and Merce Cunningham, Meg Eginton and Chris Komar, Lise Friedman and Joseph Lennon, Louise Burns and Robert Kovich (16 min.) -- Trails (stage right) / rehearsed by Louise Burns, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Joseph Lennon and others (17 min.) -- Trails (stage left) / rehearsed by same cast as stage right (16 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1969
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-953 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Performers: Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Karole Armitage, Helen Barrow, Louise Burns, Merce Cunningham, Meg Eginton, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Judy Lazaroff, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, and others.
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Apr. 1980 (Duets), July 1981 (Gallopade), May 1982 (Trails), Jan. 1983 (Quartet).
Biographical/historical: Quartet premiered Oct. 27, 1982, with a musical score by David Tudor. Gallopade premiered June 10, 1981, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Duets premiered Feb. 26, 1980, with a musical score by John Cage. Trails premiered Mar. 16, 1982, with a musical score by John Cage.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (126 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video contains four studio run-throughs. Trails is filmed from two different angles.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16140542
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 729337c0-b2b9-0131-1b44-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980 - 1983. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74235920-b2b9-0131-530b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74235920-b2b9-0131-530b-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980 - 1983). Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74235920-b2b9-0131-530b-3c075448cc4b

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Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails