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Slouch [and] Deli commedia: [rehearsal]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Slouch [and] Deli commedia

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Title
Slouch [and] Deli commedia: [rehearsal]
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Laudisio, China (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Weaver, Jenifer (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1995-07-13
Table of Contents
Slouch [two run-throughs] / rehearsed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Michael Cole, Frédéric Gafner, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Jenifer Weaver and others (3 min.) -- Deli commedia [version for four dancers] / rehearsed by Lisa Boudreau, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Jared Phillips (7 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2936
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-412 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on July 13, 1995.
Biographical/historical: Slouch was included in Mini-event, peformed as part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's repertory in 1995. The version of Deli commedia rehearsed here is a shortened version for four dancers; Deli commedia, which premiered in 1985, was originally an eighteen-minute piece for five dancers.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (10 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features run-throughs of Slouch and Deli commedia, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16146382
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c26a68a0-b2bb-0131-7970-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1995: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Slouch [and] Deli commedia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c31f2e70-b2bb-0131-3567-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Slouch [and] Deli commedia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c31f2e70-b2bb-0131-3567-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1995). Slouch [and] Deli commedia Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c31f2e70-b2bb-0131-3567-3c075448cc4b

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Slouch [and] Deli commedia