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Quartet [and] Coast zone: [rehearsals]

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Quartet [and] Coast zone

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

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Table of Contents
Quartet / rehearsed by Helen Barrow, Merce Cunningham, Susan Emery, Judy Lazaroff, Rob Remley (17 min.) -- Coast zone / rehearsed by Louise Burns, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Judy Lazaroff, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, Robert Swinston, and others (26 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1971
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-1424 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, 1983.
Biographical/historical: Quartet premiered Oct. 27, 1982, with a musical score by David Tudor. Coast zone was originally made as a film dance in Jan. 1983, with music by Larry Austin; a stage version premiered Mar. 1983.
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Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (46 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features two studio run-throughs.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16430245
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 83cdd900-b2b9-0131-314b-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1983: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Quartet [and] Coast zone" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84bad520-b2b9-0131-17b7-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Quartet [and] Coast zone" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84bad520-b2b9-0131-17b7-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Quartet [and] Coast zone Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84bad520-b2b9-0131-17b7-3c075448cc4b

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Quartet [and] Coast zone