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Variations V

Title
Variations V / choreographer, Merce Cunningham ; producer, Hansjörg Pauli ; director, Arne Arnbom ; coproduction, NDR-SRT.
Publication
New York, NY : Cunningham Dance Foundation, [199-?]

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Pauli, Hansjörg, 1931-
  • Cage, John.
  • Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
  • Cunningham Dance Foundation.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Description
1 videocassette (48 min.) : sound, black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
A multimedia work involving twelve sound sensitive electronic poles placed around the stage, which are triggered by the dancers' movements and then altered or delayed by the musicians. Footage of rehearsals and other stock footage images overlay the film of the performance and are also projected from television screens during the performance. Non-dance related activities are also performed.
Uniform Title
Variations V (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
  • Variations 5
  • Variations Five
Subject
  • Modern dance
  • Multimedia (Art)
  • multimedia works
  • Modern dance
Genre/Form
  • Modern dance.
  • video recordings (physical artifacts)
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings.
  • Dance.
  • Vidéos.
Note
  • Originally broadcast on television in 1966.
Credits (note)
  • Music, John Cage.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
Language (note)
  • Introductory remarks in German.
OCLC
  • ocm30841257
  • 30841257
  • SCSB-1414590
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library