Research Catalog

Title

MinEvent at The Wooden Floor, Santa Ana, California, 2010-05-16

Publication

May 16, 2010.

Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• DeLocca, Frank
• Rivera, Tatiana
• Gonzales, Jessica
• Ellworth, Fernanda
• Sosa, Fernando
• Loff, Daniela
• Suarez, Jessica
• Reina, Valeria
• Aguilar, Stephanie
• Tremino, Manuel
• Martínez, Marisol
• Rodríguez, Sara
• Martinez, Gabriela
• Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.

Found In

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1 streaming video file (42 min) : sound, color

Summary

A Merce Cunningham Dance Company MinEvent performed as a one-time-only, site-specific piece at The Wooden Floor, a youth arts organization in Santa Ana, California. The piece is performed by teenage members of The Wooden Floor dance corps. Following the conclusion of the piece (22:26), the young dancers participate in an audience Q&A. The first questioner inquires what the teens have learned from studying and performing Cunningham's choreographic method. The students are then asked how Cunningham choreography fits into and extends their larger dance training at The Wooden Floor (24:30). Another audience member asks them to describe how Cunningham choreography feels physically, "in the body" (26:33). They are then asked if experiencing Cunningham movement has altered the way in which they interact with the "natural world" (28:46). The next question asks how the dancers respond to and work with the frequent abstraction present in the choreographer's work (30:42). The panel concludes with a discussion of the rehearsal process for the performance (36:32).

Uniform Title

MinEvent (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative Title

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Music.
• Video.
• Filmed performances.
• Filmed dance.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

System Details (note)

• Streaming video.

Source (note)

• Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Contents

Note that following the MinEvent performance, the visuals do not match the audio track. We see footage of various students at The Wooden Floor dancing, then footage of the onstage Q&A event for which we hear the audio, but the visual and audio elements are not at all in sync. While the file running time is listed at 42 minutes, audio ends at 37:16, though video of the Q&A continues silently until the end of the file.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 6746

OCLC

969973963

Title

MinEvent at The Wooden Floor, Santa Ana, California, 2010-05-16

Production

May 16, 2010.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Performer

Frank DeLocca, Tatiana Rivera, Jessica Gonzales, Fernanda Ellworth, Fernando Sosa, Daniela Loff, Jessica Suarez, Valeria Reina, Stephanie Aguilar, Manuel Tremino, Marisol Martinez, Sara Rodriguez, Gabriela Martinez, dancers. Performed by students at The Wooden Floor.

Event

Recorded 2010, May 16. Santa Ana, California.

System Details

Streaming video.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Source

Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

DeLocca, Frank, dancer.

Rivera, Tatiana, dancer.

Gonzales, Jessica, dancer.

Ellworth, Fernanda, dancer.

Sosa, Fernando, dancer.

Loff, Daniela, dancer.

Suarez, Jessica, dancer.

Reina, Valeria, dancer.

Aguilar, Stephanie, dancer.

Tremino, Manuel, dancer.

Martínez, Marisol, dancer.

Rodríguez, Sara, dancer.

Martinez, Gabriela, dancer.

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.

Added Title

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

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.

Found In:

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 6746