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Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo

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Title
Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo
Additional title: Rondo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Ground level overlay (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Laudisio, China (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Rumsey, Glen (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Skinner, Marsha (Dancer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Drew, Leonardo (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1996-08-11
Table of Contents
Beach birds / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (32 min.) -- Ground level overlay / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (36 min.) -- Rondo / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (36 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3595
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-1372 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Beach birds begins at 5 min. into the video.
Content: The recording of this performance does not include the sound scores for the pieces; instead, the audio track records voices from the control room during the performance.
Content: Filmed in wide shot. The picture quality is poor and dark on some parts of the recording.
Creation/production credits: Beach birds. Costumes by Marsha Skinner.
Creation/production credits: Ground level overlay. Decor by Leonardo Drew. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Kobenhavns & Internationale Dansefestival, Copenhagen, Denmark, on Aug. 11, 1996.
Biographical/historical: Beach birds and Rondo had scores by John Cage. Ground level overlay had a score by Stuart Dempster.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (PAL) (107 min.) : sound, color
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16413429
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b86da30-314a-0132-a746-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c7aae20-314a-0132-245a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c7aae20-314a-0132-245a-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1996). Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c7aae20-314a-0132-245a-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Beach birds, Ground level overlay, [and] Rondo