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Fifty Looks: Merce Cunningham (Various Positions), For Gallopade, 1981

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Fifty Looks

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Title
Fifty Looks: Merce Cunningham (Various Positions), For Gallopade, 1981
Additional title: Gallopade (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1981
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4464
Topics
Choreography
Modern dance
Rehearsals
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on digital filename; statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Venue: Recorded 1981. New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (43 min.) : sound, black-and-white
Description
Footage of Merce Cunningham assuming various dance positions as part of the creation of choreography for his piece Gallopade.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 930140643
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20843128
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d337fb0-a96d-0133-a03b-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1981: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fifty Looks" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a653aa40-a96d-0133-892e-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fifty Looks" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a653aa40-a96d-0133-892e-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). Fifty Looks Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a653aa40-a96d-0133-892e-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Fifty Looks