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Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26

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Title
Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26
Additional title: Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
Sanderson, Randall (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Teitelbaum, Carol (Dancer)
Weaver, Jenifer (Dancer)
Wood, Robert (Dancer)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Pugliese, Michael (Instrumentalist)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Set designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Lighting designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990-09-26
Table of Contents
Pictures (12 min.) -- Interview (4 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3582
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title, statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Content: Interview date unknown.
Creation/production credits: Music (Interspecies Smalltalk) written by David Behrman and performed by Takehisa Kosugi and Michael Pugliese; set, costume and lighting design by Mark Lancaster.
Venue: Recorded 1990 September 26 Theatre de la Ville, Paris, France.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (16 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
The performance of Pictures is followed by an interview with Merce Cunningham. In the interview, he discusses topics such as his first trip to Paris and the program he presented that summer. He goes on to recount some anomalies from his next Paris performance, some years after the first. He closes with a few thoughts on the state of dance in Paris.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 892927580
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20313158
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 923e52f0-6461-0132-0126-3c075448cc4b
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  • 1990: Created
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93a19eb0-6461-0132-45dc-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93a19eb0-6461-0132-45dc-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93a19eb0-6461-0132-45dc-3c075448cc4b

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Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26