- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (6 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Begins with a film slate; a take of Karole Armitage speaking about dancer's turn-out; several takes of "Mary-Beth" giving a line about Coney Island; takes of an unidentified female speaker giving a short line and then an unidentified male speaker giving a line; "Patrick" gives a line about Karole Armitage; "Mary-Beth" speaks about iconic locations in New York City, especially at Coney Island; an anecdote by "Patrick" about a spectator viewing modern dance at Coney Island; another take of "Mary-Beth" and "Patrick" giving short lines about dance and show business in New York City.
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Film clips.
- Note
- Contains sound takes from an unidentified film shoot that include Karole Armitage, dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (1975-1981), and other unidentified dancers. Based on the collection context, the dancers are likely affiliated with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in some way.
- Title, location, and speakers provided by cataloger based on audition. Date provided by cataloger based on the collection context and years of Karole Armitage's membership with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Sound quality is good; the film shoot activities and the director's voice are audible.
- Donor's inventory number: R081.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in an unidentified location.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LT-7-A 2444
- OCLC
- 909030623
- Title
Sound takes for an unidentified film shoot : with Karole Armitage and other unidentified dancers.
- Production
[probably late 1970's?].
- Playing Time
000555
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in an unidentified location.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (6 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel) in *LT-7-A 2444.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on June 30, 2014.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Armitage, Karole, speaker.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2444