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Title
Roaratorio: rehearsal
Additional title: Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1972
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-589 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Oct. 12, 1983.
Biographical/historical: Roaratorio, a work inspired by James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, premiered Oct. 26, 1983, in Lille, France, with a musical score by John Cage.
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Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features a studio run-through of Roaratorio.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16111170
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 86fd55b0-b2b9-0131-5bc3-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1983: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roaratorio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/87a32d10-b2b9-0131-a564-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roaratorio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/87a32d10-b2b9-0131-a564-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Roaratorio Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/87a32d10-b2b9-0131-a564-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Roaratorio