Research Catalog
History matters : 1970s
- Title
- History matters : 1970s, lecture-demonstration and panel discussion / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
- Publication
- 2007.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Cunningham, Merce
- Setterfield, Valda
- Cornfield, Ellen
- Boudreau, Lisa
- Collwes, Brandon
- Goggans, Jennifer
- Mizuta, Koji
- Squire, Daniel S.
- Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975-
- Bokaer, Jonah
- Cunningham, Julie Dawn
- Desjardins, Emma
- Farmer, Holley
- Madoff, Daniel
- Mitchell, Rashaun
- Munnerlyn, Marcie
- Swinston, Robert
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming video files (39 min) : sound, color
- Summary
- Company archivist David Vaughan describes this series, organized by Robert Swinston, as a "living archival presentation" of Merce Cunningham's choreography. This program focuses on Cunningham's work from the 1970s and includes a video clip of Signals, as well as excerpts from Signals and Locale performed live by MCDC dancers. Each clip or performance is followed by a panel discussion about the piece. Panelists include Valda Setterfield, Ellen Cornfield and Merce Cunningham; David Vaughan moderates. For other videos in this series, see *MGZIDF 3744, *MGZIDF 3745, *MGZIDF 3746 and *MGZIDF 3749.
- Uniform Title
- Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections.
- Locale (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections.
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Music.
- Video.
- Filmed dance.
- Filmed performances.
- Panel discussions.
- Lecture-demonstrations.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- System Details (note)
- Streaming video.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Contents
- Reel 1 [Signals] (24 min.) -- Reel 2 [Locale] (15 min.)
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 3748
- OCLC
- 905872849
- Title
- History matters : 1970s, lecture-demonstration and panel discussion / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
- Production
- 2007.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- videocomputer
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Performer
- Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Signals [live excerpt]: Lisa Boudreau, Brandon Collwes, Jennifer Goggans, Koji Mizuta, Daniel Squire and Andrea Weber / Locale [live excerpt]: Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Brandon Collwes, Julie Cunningham, Emma Desjardins, Jennifer Goggans, Holley Farmer, Daniel Madoff, Koji Mizuta, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Daniel Squire, Robert Swinston and Andrea Weber.
- Event
- Recorded 2007 September 18 Merce Cunningham Dance Studio at Westbeth, New York, NY.
- System Details
- Streaming video.
- Original Version
- Original format: 2 videocassettes (MiniDV).
- Access
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Source
- Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.Cunningham, Merce, panelist.Setterfield, Valda, panelist.Cornfield, Ellen, panelist.Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.Collwes, Brandon, dancer.Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.Mizuta, Koji, dancer.Squire, Daniel S., dancer.Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- dancer.Bokaer, Jonah, dancer.Cunningham, Julie Dawn, dancer.Desjardins, Emma, dancer.Farmer, Holley, dancer.Madoff, Daniel, dancer.Mitchell, Rashaun, dancer.Munnerlyn, Marcie, dancer.Swinston, Robert, dancer.Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
- Added Title
- Container of (work): Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections.Container of (work): Locale (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections.Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
- Found In:
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDF 3748