- Additional Authors
- Cunningham, Merce
- Harper, Meg
- Hayman-Chaffey, Susana
- Kerr, Catherine
- Kovich, Robert
- Komar, Chris
- Mehl, Brynar
- Moulton, Charles, 1954-
- Roess-Smith, Julie
- Ensminger, Morgan
- Lancaster, Mark.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (79 min.) : si., b&w
- Summary
- This video begins with a studio run-through of Torse, without music. This rehearsal is followed by an incomplete recording of Sounddance (beginning 53 min. into the video), including only the first 9 min. of the piece. A complete recording of the performance follows.
- Series Statement
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Uniform Title
- Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Dance rehearsals.
- Note
- Note on original container: Downstage.
- Poor picture quality throughout.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Sounddance: costumes by Mark Lancaster.
- Event (note)
- Torse: videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 1976.
- Sounddance: videotaped in performance at the University of California at Berkeley, Apr. 1975.
- Biography (note)
- Torse premiered Jan. 13, 1976.
- Sounddance premiered Mar. 1975 and had a musical score by David Tudor.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Contents
- Torse [rehearsal] (52 min.) -- Sounddance [partial] (9 min.) -- Sounddance [complete] (17 min.)
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1959
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F10854
- Title
Torse, rehearsal ; [and] Sounddance [electronic resource] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
- Imprint
1975, 1976.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Performer
Rehearsed and performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Torse: Robert Kovich, Chris Komar, Julie Roess-Smith, Morgan Ensminger, and others / Sounddance: Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Meg Harper, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Brynar Mehl, Charles Moulton, Julie Roess-Smith.
- Credits
Sounddance: costumes by Mark Lancaster.
- Event
Torse: videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 1976.
Sounddance: videotaped in performance at the University of California at Berkeley, Apr. 1975.
- Biography
Torse premiered Jan. 13, 1976.
Sounddance premiered Mar. 1975 and had a musical score by David Tudor.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-947.
Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reel by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
The rehearsal is recorded with a fixed camera that shows only half of the studio. For a recording showing the other half of the studio, see *MGZIDF 1958. For another video of the Sounddance performance, see *MGZIDF 1950.
- Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
Harper, Meg, dancer.
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana, dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
Kovich, Robert, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Mehl, Brynar, dancer.
Moulton, Charles, 1954- dancer.
Roess-Smith, Julie, dancer.
Ensminger, Morgan, dancer.
Lancaster, Mark. Costume designer
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Added Title
Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1959