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Suite for five [rehearsal]

Title
Suite for five [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
2002-2003.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Andrieux, Cédric
  • Bokaer, Jonah
  • Chen, Ashley
  • Cunningham, Paige
  • Farmer, Holley
  • Goggans, Jennifer
  • Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli
  • Steele, Jeannie K.
  • Swan, Derry
  • Therrien, Cheryl
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
This video features two studio run-throughs of Suite for five, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment, by alternate casts.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Suite for five (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Note on original container: SL [i.e. 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, on Nov. 26, 2002 (group 2) and Jan. 23, 2003 (group 1).
Biography (note)
  • Suite for five, which premiered in 1956, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's 50th anniversary celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival, July 2002.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Suite for five (group 2) / rehearsed by Jonah Bokaer, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans (25 min.) -- Suite for five (group 1) / rehearsed by Cédric Andrieux, Daniel Roberts, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Cheryl Therrien (25 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2971
OCLC
NYPG05-F11076
Title
Suite for five [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
2002-2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cédric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Daniel Aguzzoli Roberts, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Cheryl Therrien.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Nov. 26, 2002 (group 2) and Jan. 23, 2003 (group 1).
Biography
Suite for five, which premiered in 1956, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's 50th anniversary celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival, July 2002.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-420.
The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For another recording of the same rehearsal filmed from a different angle (stage right), see *MGZIDF 2970.
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.
Andrieux, Cédric, dancer.
Bokaer, Jonah, dancer.
Chen, Ashley, dancer.
Cunningham, Paige, dancer.
Farmer, Holley, dancer.
Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli, dancer.
Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
Swan, Derry, dancer.
Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Suite for five (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-420 (former)
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