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Duets [rehearsal for Dance in America]

Title
Duets [videorecording] : [rehearsal for Dance in America] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Barrow, Helen
  • Finlayson, Victoria
  • Good, Alan
  • Kerr, Catherine
  • Komar, Chris
  • Kulick, David
  • Lent, Patricia
  • O'Connor, Dennis
  • Remley, Rob
  • Santimyer, Kristy
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  • 5 videodiscs (NTSC) (125 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
  • 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence.
Summary
These rehearsals of Duets were made in preparation for a presentation of the ballet performed by American Ballet Theater on the television program Dance in America. Disc 1 contains a complete run-through and the remaining discs contain retakes of excerpts, with discussion of camerawork.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, without music, at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, June 1987.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming file.
Biography (note)
  • Balanchine and Cunningham: an evening at American Ballet Theatre was broadcast Feb. 5, 1988 on WNET.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Disc 1 (17 min.) -- Disc 2 (34 min.) -- Disc 3 (28 min.) -- Disc 4 (32 min.) -- Disc 5 (14 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1775
OCLC
NYPG06-F803
Title
Duets [videorecording] : [rehearsal for Dance in America] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1987.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
System Details
Streaming file.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-1425.
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Helen Barrow, Rob Remley, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Robert Swinston, Karen Radford[?], Chris Komar, Patricia Lent, David Kulick, Kristy Santimyer, Dennis O'Connor.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, without music, at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, June 1987.
Biography
Balanchine and Cunningham: an evening at American Ballet Theatre was broadcast Feb. 5, 1988 on WNET.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Barrow, Helen, dancer.
Finlayson, Victoria, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Kulick, David, dancer.
Lent, Patricia, dancer.
O'Connor, Dennis, dancer.
Remley, Rob, dancer.
Santimyer, Kristy, dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1425
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