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Event lifts: [rehearsal]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Event lifts

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Title
Event lifts: [rehearsal]
Additional title: Scramble (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Walkaround time (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Director)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
Sanderson, Randall (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-07-11
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2897
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2024 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Notes on original container: Event lifts, Scramble (Frédéric 7 passé skips), Walkaround left (stage right).
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 11, 1991.
Biographical/historical: Cunningham's Events are full evening presentations consisting of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item. Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (18 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Merce Cunningham, speaking off-camera, directs run-throughs of material used in Events, including excerpts from Cunningham's works Scramble and Walkaround time. The choreographic material rehearsed consists mainly of lifts.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16470144
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2061d20-b2ba-0131-e65f-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1991: Created
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Event lifts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2d7cdc0-b2ba-0131-97e2-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Event lifts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2d7cdc0-b2ba-0131-97e2-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Event lifts Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2d7cdc0-b2ba-0131-97e2-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Event lifts