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Event. at the Joyce

Title: Event. Nov. 8, 2000 [electronic resource] : at the Joyce / [presented by] the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication: 2000.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors

Found In

Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (110 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

This Event includes material from Locale, Changing steps, Installations, Un jour ou deux, Jacks, Winterbranch, 10's with shoes, Rondo. An excerpt from an on-stage interview conducted by Trevor Carlson with Merce Cunningham appears at the end of the disc. Vaughan and Cunningham discuss the origin of the company's Events and various Events staged in the past as well as the material and costumes for the present Event.

Series Statement

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Uniform Title

Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Subject

Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Filmed in wide shot.
Last 5 minutes of video is just blue screen.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Music by Paul De Marinis and Takehisa Kosugi.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York City, on Nov. 8, 2000.

Biography (note)

Merce Cunningham's Events consist of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Contents

Performance (93 min.) -- Pause (5 min.) -- Interview with Merce Cunningham and David Vaughan [excerpt] (7 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDF 1846

OCLC

NYPG06-F542

Title

Event. Nov. 8, 2000 [electronic resource] : at the Joyce / [presented by] the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

2000.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Credits

Music by Paul De Marinis and Takehisa Kosugi.

Performer

Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Mandy Kirschner, David Kulick, Koji Minato, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York City, on Nov. 8, 2000.

Biography

Merce Cunningham's Events consist of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Access

Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIDVD 5-1353.

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Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee

Andrieux, Cédric, dancer.

Bokaer, Jonah, dancer.

Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.

Chen, Ashley, dancer.

Cunningham, Paige, dancer.

Farmer, Holley, dancer.

Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.

Kirschner, Mandy, dancer.

Kulick, David, dancer.

Minato, Koji, dancer.

Squire, Daniel S., dancer.

Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.

Swan, Derry, dancer.

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.

Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Composer

DeMarinis, Paul. Composer

Vaughan, David, 1924- Interviewee

Carlson, Trevor. Interviewer

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Added Title

Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Found In:

Merce Cunningham archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1353 (former)

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