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Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails [rehearsals]

Title
Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1980-1983.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Armitage, Karole
  • Barrow, Helen
  • Burns, Louise Ann
  • Eginton, Meg
  • Emery, Susan
  • Friedman, Lise
  • Good, Alan
  • Kerr, Catherine
  • Komar, Chris
  • Kovich, Robert
  • Lazaroff, Judy
  • Lennon, Joseph
  • Remley, Rob
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (102 min.) : si., b&w
Summary
This video contains four studio run-throughs. Trails is filmed from two different angles.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
  • Quartet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Gallopade (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Trails (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Apr. 1980 (Duets), July 1981 (Gallopade), May 1982 (Trails), Jan. 1983 (Quartet).
Biography (note)
  • Quartet premiered Oct. 27, 1982, with a musical score by David Tudor. Gallopade premiered June 10, 1981, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Duets premiered Feb. 26, 1980, with a musical score by John Cage. Trails premiered Mar. 16, 1982, with a musical score by John Cage.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Quartet / rehearsed by Helen Barrow, Merce Cunningham, Susan Emery, Judy Lazaroff, Rob Remley (15 min.) -- Gallopade / rehearsed by Merce Cunningham, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Judy Lazaroff, Rob Remley and others (18 min.) -- Duets / rehearsed by Susan Emery and Rob Remley, Karole Armitage and Alan Good, Catherine Kerr and Merce Cunningham, Meg Eginton and Chris Komar, Lise Friedman and Joseph Lennon, Louise Burns and Robert Kovich (16 min.) -- Trails (stage right) / rehearsed by Louise Burns, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Joseph Lennon and others (17 min.) -- Trails (stage left) / rehearsed by same cast as stage right (16 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1969
OCLC
NYPG05-F10872
Title
Quartet, Gallopade, Duets [and] Trails [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1980-1983.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Karole Armitage, Helen Barrow, Louise Burns, Merce Cunningham, Meg Eginton, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Judy Lazaroff, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Apr. 1980 (Duets), July 1981 (Gallopade), May 1982 (Trails), Jan. 1983 (Quartet).
Biography
Quartet premiered Oct. 27, 1982, with a musical score by David Tudor. Gallopade premiered June 10, 1981, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Duets premiered Feb. 26, 1980, with a musical score by John Cage. Trails premiered Mar. 16, 1982, with a musical score by John Cage.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-953.
Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reels by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation. Poor picture quality.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.
Armitage, Karole, dancer.
Barrow, Helen, dancer.
Burns, Louise Ann, dancer.
Eginton, Meg, dancer.
Emery, Susan, dancer.
Friedman, Lise, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Kovich, Robert, dancer.
Lazaroff, Judy, dancer.
Lennon, Joseph, dancer.
Remley, Rob, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Quartet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Gallopade (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Trails (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-953 (former)
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