Research Catalog

Title

Merce Cunningham and Dance Company [videorecording] / WNET/13 ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Emile Ardolino ; choreography and commentary by Merce Cunningham.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : WNET/13, 1977.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• Armitage, Karole
• Attix, Karen
• Cornfield, Ellen
• Ensminger, Morgan
• Harper, Meg
• Kerr, Catherine
• Komar, Chris
• Kovich, Robert
• Moulton, Charles, 1954-
• Roess-Smith, Julie
• Cage, John.
• Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
• Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008.
• Charlip, Remy.
• Sekula, Sonja.
• Johns, Jasper, 1930-
• Stella, Frank.
• Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.
• Lancaster, Mark.
• Brockway, Merrill
• Ardolino, Emile.
• Holmes, Ralph
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Description

• 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
• 1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col. ;

Donor/Sponsor

• Gift of WNET/13, New York.
• Gift of the Kovich Dance Foundation.

Uniform Title

• Minutiae (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Solo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Westbeth (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Antic meet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Scramble (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Video triangle (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative Title

Event for television

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Distributed as a videotape by the Cunningham Dance Foundation under the title Event for television.

Credits (note)

• Music, John Cage (Branches, for amplified plant music) and David Tudor (RainForest V, an electronic ecology) ; lighting, Ralph Holmes.

Event (note)

• Telecast on the Dance in America series on January 5, 1977 by WNET/13, New York.

Contents

Minutiae / set, Robert Rauschenberg ; costumes, Remy Charlip -- Solo / costume, Sonja Sekula -- Westbeth / costumes, Jasper Johns -- Septet / costumes, Remy Charlip -- Antic meet / costumes, Robert Rauschenberg -- Scramble / set and costumes, Frank Stella -- RainForest / set and costumes, Andy Warhol -- Sounddance / set and costumes, Mark Lancaster -- Video triangle / created especially for the Dance in America series ; costumes, Mark Lancaster.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2143

OCLC

NYPY777022977-F

Title

Merce Cunningham and Dance Company [videorecording] / WNET/13 ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Emile Ardolino ; choreography and commentary by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET/13, 1977.

Event

Telecast on the Dance in America series on January 5, 1977 by WNET/13, New York.

Credits

Music, John Cage (Branches, for amplified plant music) and David Tudor (RainForest V, an electronic ecology) ; lighting, Ralph Holmes.

Performer

Performed by Merce Cunningham and members of his company: Karole Armitage, Karen Attix, Ellen Cornfield, Morgan Ensminger, Meg Harper, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Charles Moulton, and Julie Roess-Smith.

Local Subject

Television. Dance in America.

Television. Merce Cunningham and Dance Company.

Videodance.

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Cunningham, Merce, commentator.

Armitage, Karole, dancer.

Attix, Karen, dancer.

Cornfield, Ellen, dancer.

Ensminger, Morgan, dancer.

Harper, Meg, dancer.

Kerr, Catherine, dancer.

Komar, Chris, dancer.

Kovich, Robert, dancer.

Moulton, Charles, 1954- dancer.

Roess-Smith, Julie, dancer.

Cage, John. Composer

Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Composer

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008. Designer

Charlip, Remy. Costume designer

Sekula, Sonja. Costume designer

Johns, Jasper, 1930- Costume designer

Stella, Frank. Designer. Costume designer

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987. Designer

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987. Costume designer

Lancaster, Mark. Designer. Costume designer

Brockway, Merrill, director.

Ardolino, Emile. Producer

Holmes, Ralph, lighting designer.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Minutiae (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Solo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Westbeth (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Antic meet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Scramble (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Video triangle (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2143

*MGZIC 9-365