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Merce Cunningham and Company

Title
Merce Cunningham and Company [videorecording]
Publication
1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Jacquot, Benoit.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Description
  • 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (42 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
  • 1 videodisc (NTSC) (42 min.) : sd. col. ;
Summary
Introductory biography of Merce Cunningham followed by interviews with him on his aesthetics and choreographic methods. Alternating is footage showing the company rehearsing sections from Trails, Scramble, Aeon, Quartet, Suite for five, Roadrunners, and Fractions.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Note
  • In French with English subtitles. Documentary on Merce Cunningham produced by L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in association with the Cunningham Dance Foundation. Filmed at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York.
  • Director: Benoit Jacquot. Introduction and questions: Herve Gauville.
  • Choreography: Merce Cunningham.
  • Performed by members of Merce Cunningham and Company: Merce Cunningham, Louise Burns, Ellen Cornfield, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Neil Greenberg, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Judy Lazaroff, Joseph Lennon, Susan Quinn, Rob Remley, Robert Swinston, Megan Walker.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2147
OCLC
NYPY896009757-F
Title
Merce Cunningham and Company [videorecording]
Imprint
1982.
Local Note
Former call number *MGZIC 9-1892.
Local Subject
Modern dance -- Technique -- Cunningham.
Chance composition in dance.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Jacquot, Benoit. Director
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2147
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