Research Catalog

Title

Biped [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• Bryars, Gavin.
• Eshkar, Shelley.
• Kaiser, Paul, 1956-
• Gallo, Suzanne.
• Copp, Aaron.
• Swinston, Robert
• Steele, Jeannie K.
• Cunningham, Merce.
• Swinston, Robert.
• Vaughan, David, 1924-
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (68 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program features a panel discussion on the Merce Cunningham dance Biped, preceded by an excerpt from the piece, which combines live dancers with digital images. Panelists discuss the application of computer technology to choreography, specifically the Character Studio software used to capture the dancers' movements, rendering animated three-dimensional images that serve as both notation and as visual counterpoint in Biped. During the panel, the dancers demonstrate the motion capture process in front of a large monitor. The discussion is followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 119.

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

• Cunningham, Merce
• Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Dance notation
• Computer animation

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Dance.

Credits (note)

• Dance excerpts choreographed by Merce Cunningham. Music: Gavin Bryars. Costumes: Suzanne Gallo. Decor: Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser. Lighting: Aaron Copp.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 23 and 24, 1999. (Viewer copy is May 23, 1999.)

Funding (note)

• With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

• Biped debuted in April 1999 at University of California-Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1120

OCLC

86084530

Title

Biped [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1999.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 119.

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

Dance excerpts choreographed by Merce Cunningham. Music: Gavin Bryars. Costumes: Suzanne Gallo. Decor: Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser. Lighting: Aaron Copp.

Performer

Dance excerpts performed by Jeannie Steele and Robert Swinston. Panelists: Merce Cunningham, Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar. Moderator: David Vaughan.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 23 and 24, 1999. (Viewer copy is May 23, 1999.)

Funding

With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

Biped debuted in April 1999 at University of California-Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall.

Local Subject

Computers -- Dance applications.

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Bryars, Gavin. Composer

Eshkar, Shelley. Designer

Kaiser, Paul, 1956- Designer

Gallo, Suzanne. Costume designer

Copp, Aaron. Lighting designer

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.

Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee

Eshkar, Shelley. Interviewee

Kaiser, Paul, 1956- Interviewee

Swinston, Robert. Interviewee

Steele, Jeannie K. Interviewee

Vaughan, David, 1924- Moderator

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1120