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The Legacy Tour : Program C

Title: The Legacy Tour : Program C, 2011 December 9 / choreography by Merce Cunningham ; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company ; presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Publication: 2011.

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Description

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Description of the chance procedure for Split side: Each design element, including choreography, has been made in two parts either by one or two artists, or in the case of the music, by two bands. The order in which each design element is presented is determined by chance procedure the day of the performance. The results of the casting of the die (even or odd) on December 9, 2015: David Vaughan, speaker/host ; Judy Fitchner, order of dance (even, section A then B) ; Allen Sperling, order of costumes (odd, color then b&w) ; Susan Wilde, order of music (even, Radiohead then Sigur Rós) ; Robert Heishman, order of decor (even, Robert Heishman then Catherine Yass) ; Nancy Dalva, order of lighting cues (odd, 700's then 600's).

Uniform Title

Pond way (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Split sides (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative Title

Pond Way
Rainforest
Split Sides
BAM 2011 Next Wave Festival

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Widescreen.
Title from opening video credits and house program.
The revival of Pond Way is a commission of Cal Performances, University of California, Berkely. The revival and preservation of Pond Way are made possible with generous support from American Express ; The revival and preservation of RainForest is sponsored by the US Department of State and the US Embassy in Moscow.
This performance was recorded for the Brooklyn Academy of Music Hamm Archives.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Camera, Ben Cohen (Manager of Video and Media Production).

Source (note)

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Biography (note)

Pond Way premiered at the Opéra National de Paris/Palais Garnier, Paris, on January 13, 1998 ; RainForest premiered at the Buffalo Festival of the Arts, Buffalo, N.Y., on March 9, 1968 ; Split Sides premiered at the Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on October 14, 2003.

Contents

Pond Way (1986) (25 min.) / restaged by Robert Swinston (2010) ; music, Brian Eno (New Ikebukuro (for three CD players)) ; décor, Roy Lichtenstein (Landscape with Boat) ; costumes, Suzanne Gallo ; lighting, David Covey ; dancers, Brandon Collwes, Dylan Crossman, Emma Desjardins, Jennifer Goggans, John Hinrichs, Daniel Madoff, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Krista Nelson, Silas Riener, Jamie Scott, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber.
Rainforest (1968) (22 min.) / reconstruction and staging by Robert Swinston with the assistance of Jennifer Goggans (2011) ; artistic consultants, Carolyn Brown, Meg Harper, and Gus Solomons Jr. ; music, David Tudor (Rainforest) ; décor, Andy Warhol (Silver Clouds) ; lighting, Aaron Copp ; musicians, John King, Takehisa Kosugi ; dancers (December 9, 2015): Brandon Collwes, Jennifer Goggans, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Silas Riener, Andrea Weber.
Split Sides (2003) (45 min.) / music, Radiohead, Sigur Rós ; décor, Robert Heishman, Catherine Yass ; costumes, James Hall ; lighting, James F. Ingalls ; musicians, John King, Takehisa Kosugi ; dancers, Brandon Collwes, Dylan Crossman, Emma Desjardins, Jennifer Goggans, John Hinrichs, Daniel Madoff, Rashawn Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Krista Nelson, Silas Riener, Jamie Scoll, Robert Swinston, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8067

OCLC

908579190

Title

The Legacy Tour : Program C, 2011 December 9 / choreography by Merce Cunningham ; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company ; presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Production

2011.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Dancers, Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Brandon Collwes, Dylan Crossman, Emma Desjardins, Jennifer Goggans, John Hinrichs, Daniel Madoff, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Krista Nelson, Silas Riener, Jamie Scott, Robert Swinston, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber.

Credits

Camera, Ben Cohen (Manager of Video and Media Production).

Event

Videotaped in performance at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the BAM 2011 Next Wave Festival on 2011 December 9.

Biography

Pond Way premiered at the Opéra National de Paris/Palais Garnier, Paris, on January 13, 1998 ; RainForest premiered at the Buffalo Festival of the Arts, Buffalo, N.Y., on March 9, 1968 ; Split Sides premiered at the Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on October 14, 2003.

Source

Gift; Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2015.

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Eno, Brian, 1948- composer.

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997, set designer.

Gallo, Suzanne, costume designer.

Covey, David, lighting designer.

Tudor, David, 1926-1996, composer.

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987, set designer.

Copp, Aaron, lighting designer.

King, John, 1953 November 28- performer.

Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- performer.

Heishman, Robert, set designer.

Yass, Catherine, 1963- set designer.

Hall, James, costume designer.

Ingalls, James F., lighting designer.

Swinston, Robert, stage director.

Goggans, Jennifer, stage director.

Brown, Carolyn, 1927- consultant.

Harper, Meg, consultant.

Solomons, Gus, Jr., 1938-2023 consultant.

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Collwes, Brandon, dancer.

Crossman, Dylan, dancer.

Desjardins, Emma, dancer.

Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.

Hinrichs, John, dancer.

Madoff, Daniel, dancer.

Mitchell, Rashaun, dancer.

Munnerlyn, Marcie, dancer.

Nelson, Krista, dancer.

Riener, Silas, dancer.

Scott, Jamie (Dancer), dancer.

Toogood, Melissa, dancer.

Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- dancer.

Cohen, Ben, videographer.

Radiohead (Musical group), composer.

Sigur Rós (Musical group), composer.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, performer.

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival, presenter.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, donor.

Added Title

Container of (work): Pond way (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Container of (work): RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Container of (work): Split sides (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8067

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