Research Catalog

Title

Merce Cunningham at 90 [videorecording] : First performance of Nearly ninety (2009) / choreography by Merce Cunningham ; music composed and performed by John Paul Jones, Takehisa Kosugi, and Sonic Youth ; [performed by] Merce Cunningham Dance Company ; presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Publication

c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• Jones, John Paul, 1946-
• Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
• Tagliabue, Benedetta.
• Gigli, Romeo, 1949-
• MacDevitt, Brian
• Aleu, Franc.
• Collwes, Brandon
• Cunningham, Julie (Dancer)
• Desjardins, Emma
• Farmer, Holley
• Goggans, Jennifer
• Madoff, Daniel
• Mitchell, Rashaun
• Mizuta, Koji
• Munnerlyn, Marcie
• Riener, Silas
• Squire, Daniel S.
• Toogood, Melissa
• Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975-
• Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• Character Generators/Video.
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
• Sonic Youth (Musical group)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music. dnr NN-PD

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (98 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Nearly ninety (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Dance.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Credits (note)

• Décor design by Benedetta Tagliabue ; costume design by Romeo Gigli for io ipse idem ; lighting design by Brian MacDevitt ; video design by Franc Aleu.
• Video documentation, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the 2009 Spring Season, on Apr. 19, 2009.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Biography (note)

• Merce Cunningham died at 90 yrs. old on July 26, 2009.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5293

OCLC

465233384

Title

Merce Cunningham at 90 [videorecording] : First performance of Nearly ninety (2009) / choreography by Merce Cunningham ; music composed and performed by John Paul Jones, Takehisa Kosugi, and Sonic Youth ; [performed by] Merce Cunningham Dance Company ; presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Imprint

c2009.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the 2009 Spring Season, on Apr. 19, 2009.

Credits

Décor design by Benedetta Tagliabue ; costume design by Romeo Gigli for io ipse idem ; lighting design by Brian MacDevitt ; video design by Franc Aleu.

Video documentation, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.

Performer

Danced by Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Brandon Collwes, Julie Cunningham, Emma Desjardins, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Daniel Madoff, Rashaun Mitchell, Koji Mizuta, Marcie Munnerlyn, Silas Riener, Daniel Squire, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber.

Music performed by Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Biography

Merce Cunningham died at 90 yrs. old on July 26, 2009.

Source

Gift; Brooklyn Academy of Music. NN-PD

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Jones, John Paul, 1946- Composer

Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Composer

Tagliabue, Benedetta. Set designer

Gigli, Romeo, 1949- Costume designer

MacDevitt, Brian, lighting designer.

Aleu, Franc. Artist

Collwes, Brandon, dancer.

Cunningham, Julie (Dancer)

Desjardins, Emma, dancer.

Farmer, Holley, dancer.

Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.

Madoff, Daniel, dancer.

Mitchell, Rashaun, dancer.

Mizuta, Koji, dancer.

Munnerlyn, Marcie, dancer.

Riener, Silas, dancer.

Squire, Daniel S., dancer.

Toogood, Melissa, dancer.

Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- dancer.

Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Character Generators/Video.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Sonic Youth (Musical group)

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Donor NN-PD

Added Title

Nearly ninety (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5293