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Scramble [rehearsal]

Title
Scramble [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1991.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Barrow, Helen
  • Bartosik, Kimberly
  • Cole, Michael Eugene
  • Finlayson, Victoria
  • Gafner, Frédéric
  • Good, Alan
  • Komar, Chris
  • Kulick, David
  • Lent, Patricia
  • McGoldrick, Larissa
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Weaver, Jenifer
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (31 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
This video features a studio run-through of Scramble, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The run-through lasts 24 min.; the remainder of the video features repetitions of two excerpts from Scramble.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Scramble (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Oct. 8, 1991.
Biography (note)
  • Scramble premiered in 1967 and was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1988. Material from Scramble was used in Events in 1991.
  • Cunningham's Events are full evening presentations consisting of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2899
OCLC
NYPG06-F1046
Title
Scramble [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1991.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Victoria Finlayson, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Robert Swinston, Jenifer Weaver, and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Oct. 8, 1991.
Biography
Scramble premiered in 1967 and was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1988. Material from Scramble was used in Events in 1991.
Cunningham's Events are full evening presentations consisting of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-2025.
The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For another recording of the same rehearsal filmed from a different angle, see *MGZIDF 2900.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Barrow, Helen, dancer.
Bartosik, Kimberly, dancer.
Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
Finlayson, Victoria, dancer.
Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Kulick, David, dancer.
Lent, Patricia, dancer.
McGoldrick, Larissa, dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Weaver, Jenifer, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Scramble (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2025 (former)
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