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Title
Ocean: [rehearsal]
Additional title: Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Fason, Maydelle (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1997-11-06
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2941
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-444 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Note on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Nov. 6, 1997.
Biographical/historical: Ocean premiered at the Cirque Royal in Brussels on May 18, 1994, with a musical score by David Tudor and Andrew Culver, based on ideas of John Cage. Ocean was in performed in the repertory of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1997.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features a run-through of Ocean, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16172247
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ea3fff80-b2bb-0131-6be5-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1997: Created
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1997. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb083ec0-b2bb-0131-941e-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb083ec0-b2bb-0131-941e-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1997). Ocean Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb083ec0-b2bb-0131-941e-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Ocean