- Additional Authors
- Cunningham, Merce
- Boudreau, Lisa
- Caley, Thomas
- Freebury, Jean
- Gafner, Frédéric
- Ogan, Banu
- Phillips, Jared
- Steele, Jeannie K.
- Swinston, Robert
- Therrien, Cheryl
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (31 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- This video features a run-through of BIPED, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The run-through lasts 28 min. The last 3 min. of the video contains an additional run-through of an excerpt from BIPED.
- Series Statement
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Uniform Title
- Biped (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, Aug. 6, 1998.
- Biography (note)
- BIPED premiered in Apr. 1999, with a musical score by Gavin Bryars.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 2954
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F11121
- Title
BIPED [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
- Imprint
1998.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Jean Freebury, Foofwa d'Imobilité [aka Frédéric Gafner], Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, and others.
- Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Aug. 6, 1998.
- Biography
BIPED premiered in Apr. 1999, with a musical score by Gavin Bryars.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-436.
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 left), see *MGZIDF 2955.
- 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.
Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.
Caley, Thomas, dancer.
Freebury, Jean, dancer.
Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
Ogan, Banu, dancer.
Phillips, Jared, dancer.
Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Added Title
Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-436 (former)