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Roaratorio [and] Exercise 3 [rehearsal]

Title
Roaratorio [and] Exercise 3 [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1983.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Emery, Susan
  • Friedman, Lise
  • Good, Alan
  • Greenberg, Neil, 1959-
  • Kerr, Catherine
  • Komar, Chris
  • Lazaroff, Judy
  • Lennon, Joseph
  • Remley, Rob
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Walker, Megan
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (66 min.) : si., b&w
Summary
This video features a studio run-through of Roaratorio. The remainder of the video features a run-through of a choreographic exercise.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Note on original container: Stage left.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, date unknown, 1983.
Biography (note)
  • Roaratorio, subtitled An Irish circus on Finnegan's Wake, premiered Oct. 26, 1983 in Lille, France, with a musical score by John Cage.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Roaratorio (49 min.) -- Exercise 3 (17 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1974
OCLC
NYPG05-F10885
Title
Roaratorio [and] Exercise 3 [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1983.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Roaratorio. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Neil Greenberg, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Judy Lazaroff, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, Robert Swinston, Megan Walker, and others.
Exercise 3. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Lise Friedman, Catherine Kerr, Joseph Lennon, Neil Greenberg, and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, date unknown, 1983.
Biography
Roaratorio, subtitled An Irish circus on Finnegan's Wake, premiered Oct. 26, 1983 in Lille, France, with a musical score by John Cage.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-956.
The rehearsal is shot from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For a run-through of Roaratorio filmed from another angle (stage right) see *MGZIDVD 5-955.
Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reel by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
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.
Emery, Susan, dancer.
Friedman, Lise, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Greenberg, Neil, 1959- dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Lazaroff, Judy, dancer.
Lennon, Joseph, dancer.
Remley, Rob, dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Walker, Megan, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-956 (former)
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