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Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance

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Title
Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance
Additional title: Breakers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Doubletoss (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Driscoll, John (Composer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Laudisio, China (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Rumsey, Glen (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Weaver, Jenifer (Dancer)
Kenton, Mary Jean (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company ()
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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994-05-07
Table of Contents
Breakers / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, China Laudisio, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, Jenifer Weaver (28 min.) -- Doubletoss / performed by same cast as Breakers (31 min.) -- Kimberly Bartosik, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Jenifer Weaver (23 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3168
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-368 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Creation/production credits: Breakers. Music by John Driscoll. Costumes by Mary Jean Kenton.
Creation/production credits: Doubletoss. Music by Takehisa Kosugi. Design by Merce Cunningham.
Creation/production credits: Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Design by Mark Lancaster.
Performers: Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Kimberly Bartosik, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, China Laudisio, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, Jenifer Weaver.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif., on May 7, 1994.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (82 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16295808
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d07035d0-e882-0131-5f39-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d2ee6060-e882-0131-a2e7-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d2ee6060-e882-0131-a2e7-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d2ee6060-e882-0131-a2e7-3c075448cc4b

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Breakers, Doubletoss [and] Sounddance