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Merce Cunningham

Title
Merce Cunningham [videorecording] / produced by London Weekend Television in association with the Cunningham Dance Foundation ; producer and director, Geoff Dunlop ; edited and introduced by Melvyn Bragg.
Publication
U.K. : London Weekend Television, 1980.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Brown, Carolyn, 1927-
  • Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
  • Dunlop, Geoff.
  • Lancaster, Mark.
  • Johns, Jasper, 1930-
  • Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008.
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Cage, John.
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • London Weekend Television (Firm)
  • Cunningham Dance Foundation.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Documentary on dancer-choreographer Merce Cunningham, who is interviewed along with Carolyn Brown and several current company members. Includes footage from rehearsals and classes at Cunningham's Westbeth Studio, and excerpts from several of his works, performed by him and members of his company.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Kovich Dance Foundation.
Uniform Title
  • Travelogue (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Squaregame (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Exchange (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Biographies.
  • Interviews.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Filmed at Artpark in Lewiston, New York, and at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York City.
Contents
Dance contents: Excerpts from Travelogue / music, John Cage ; design, Robert Rauschenberg. -- Excerpts from Squaregame / music, Takehisa Kosugi ; design, Mark Lancaster. -- Excerpts from Exchange / music, David Tudor ; design, Jasper Johns.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-169
OCLC
NYPY807050303-F
Title
Merce Cunningham [videorecording] / produced by London Weekend Television in association with the Cunningham Dance Foundation ; producer and director, Geoff Dunlop ; edited and introduced by Melvyn Bragg.
Imprint
U.K. : London Weekend Television, 1980.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Event
Filmed at Artpark in Lewiston, New York, and at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York City.
Local Subject
Television. Merce Cunningham.
Television. Travelogue.
Television. Squaregame.
Television. Exchange.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- Interviewee
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- program editor.
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- Narrator
Dunlop, Geoff. Producer. Director
Lancaster, Mark. Designer
Johns, Jasper, 1930- Designer
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008. Designer
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Composer
Cage, John. Composer
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Composer
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
London Weekend Television (Firm)
Cunningham Dance Foundation.
DHCA.
Added Title
Travelogue (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Squaregame (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Exchange (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-169
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