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Points in space

Title
Points in space [videorecording] / directed by Merce Cunningham and Elliot Caplan; choreography by Merce Cunningham; music by John Cage (Voiceless essay); produced by Bob Lockyer.
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Cage, John
  • Caplan, Elliot.
  • Barrow, Helen
  • Finlayson, Victoria
  • Good, Alan
  • Kerr, Catherine
  • Komar, Chris
  • Kulick, David
  • Lent, Patricia
  • Radford, Karen, 1957-
  • Remley, Rob
  • Santimyer, Kristy
  • Schroder, Kevin
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Walker, Megan
  • Quinn, Susan
  • Anastasi, William, 1933-
  • Bradshaw, Dove.
  • Lockyer, Bob.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Arts and Entertainment Network.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This hour-long broadcast begins with a documentary on the making of Points in space. The documentary includes interviews with the artists who collaborated on this work (Cunningham, Cage, Anastasi, Bradshaw, and dancer Catherine Kerr), interspersed with scenes of rehearsals in New York and recording in London. Cage is seen conferring with the computer experts at Brooklyn College who helped synthesize the score. Points in space is shown in its entirety at the end of the program.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Points in space (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Documentaries and factual works.
Note
  • Title and credits from screen.
  • The program includes two-minute gaps, at roughly ten-minute intervals, for commercial breaks. The commercials do not appear on the tape.
Credits (note)
  • Set design by Bill Anastasi. Costumes by Dove Bradshaw.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in BBC television studios, London, England; documentary also includes footage videotaped in the Cunningham dance studio, Westbeth, New York City; broadcast.by A&E cable television, Oct. 29, 1987.
Biography (note)
  • Points in space was choreographed for the camera in 1986 as a coproduction of the Cunningham Dance Foundation and the BBC, and later transferred to the stage.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Documentary (25 min.) -- Points in space (33 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-577
OCLC
NYPG05-F10565
Title
Points in space [videorecording] / directed by Merce Cunningham and Elliot Caplan; choreography by Merce Cunningham; music by John Cage (Voiceless essay); produced by Bob Lockyer.
Imprint
1987.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Credits
Set design by Bill Anastasi. Costumes by Dove Bradshaw.
Performer
Performed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Helen Barrow, Merce Cunningham, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Karen Radford, Rob Remley, Kristy Santimyer, Kevin Schroder, Robert Swinston, Megan Walker, Susan Quinn Young.
Event
Videotaped in BBC television studios, London, England; documentary also includes footage videotaped in the Cunningham dance studio, Westbeth, New York City; broadcast.by A&E cable television, Oct. 29, 1987.
Biography
Points in space was choreographed for the camera in 1986 as a coproduction of the Cunningham Dance Foundation and the BBC, and later transferred to the stage.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Subject
Videodance.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Cunningham, Merce, director.
Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Cage, John, composer.
Cage, John, interviewee.
Caplan, Elliot. Director
Barrow, Helen, dancer.
Finlayson, Victoria, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer. Interviewee
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Kulick, David, dancer.
Lent, Patricia, dancer.
Radford, Karen, 1957- dancer.
Remley, Rob, dancer.
Santimyer, Kristy, dancer.
Schroder, Kevin, dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Walker, Megan, dancer.
Quinn, Susan, dancer.
Anastasi, William, 1933- Designer. Interviewee
Bradshaw, Dove. Costume designer. Interviewee
Lockyer, Bob. Producer
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Arts and Entertainment Network.
Added Title
Points in space (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-577
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