- Additional Authors
- Cunningham, Merce
- Bartosik, Kimberly
- Caley, Thomas
- Cole, Michael Eugene
- Diamond, Emma
- Gafner, Frédéric
- Good, Alan
- Lent, Patricia
- Steele, Jeannie K.
- Swinston, Robert
- Weaver, Jenifer
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- This video features a run-through of Breakers, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For another recording of the same rehearsal filmed from another angle (stage left), see *MGZIDF 2919.
- Series Statement
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Uniform Title
- Breakers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Dance rehearsals.
- Note
- Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
- 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, on Sept. 17, 1993.
- Biography (note)
- Breakers was created under the auspices of the John F. Kennedy Center Ballet Commissioning Program, for the Boston Ballet, for a Fall 1993 premiere in Washington, D.C. Due to an orchestra strike, the actual premiere was by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Mar. 1994.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 2918
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F11028
- Title
Breakers [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
- Imprint
1993.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Kimberly Bartosik, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, Patricia Lent, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Jenifer Weaver, and others.
- Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Sept. 17, 1993.
- Biography
Breakers was created under the auspices of the John F. Kennedy Center Ballet Commissioning Program, for the Boston Ballet, for a Fall 1993 premiere in Washington, D.C. Due to an orchestra strike, the actual premiere was by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Mar. 1994.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-403.
- 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.
Bartosik, Kimberly, dancer.
Caley, Thomas, dancer.
Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
Diamond, Emma, dancer.
Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Lent, Patricia, dancer.
Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Weaver, Jenifer, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Added Title
Breakers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-403 (former)