Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Barrow, Helen
2. Bartosik, Kimberly
3. Cole, Michael Eugene
4. Diamond, Emma
5. Finlayson, Victoria
6. Gafner, Frédéric
7. Good, Alan
8. Kulick, David
9. Lent, Patricia
10. McGoldrick, Larissa
11. Sanderson, Randall
12. Swinston, Robert
13. Teitelbaum, Carol
14. Weaver, Jenifer
15. Cunningham, Merce
16. Cage, John
17. Caplan, Elliot
18. Skinner, Martha
19. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
20. Cunningham Dance Foundation
21. Cunningham, Merce

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (32 min.) : sound, black and white and color.

Summary

1. Cinedance version of Beach birds, a work originally presented onstage. Begins with a spoken introduction by Merce Cunningham.

Subject

1. Motion pictures. Beach birds for camera. - [Browse in index]
2. Cinedance. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Filmed dance.
2. Filmed performances.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 7152

Language

1. English

Note

1. Letterbox format. Filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios and on location at Industria Superstudio, New York, in December 1991. Produced by Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. Director: Elliot Caplan. Editors: Elliot Caplan and Merce Cunningham. Director of photography: Matthew Williams.
2. Choreography: Merce Cunningham. Music: John Cage (Four³). Design for film: Elliot Caplan, Tim Nelson, and Matthew Williams, based on the stage design by Martha Skinner. Costumes: Martha Skinner.
3. Performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Victoria Finlayson, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Randall Sanderson, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum, and Jenifer Weaver. Musicians: John D. S. Adams, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-2141.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Original version

1. Original format: 1 3 reels (InterPositive).

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Barrow, Helen, dancer.
2. Bartosik, Kimberly, dancer.
3. Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
4. Diamond, Emma, dancer.
5. Finlayson, Victoria, dancer.
6. Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
7. Good, Alan, dancer.
8. Kulick, David, dancer.
9. Lent, Patricia, dancer.
10. McGoldrick, Larissa, dancer.
11. Sanderson, Randall, dancer.
12. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
13. Teitelbaum, Carol, dancer.
14. Weaver, Jenifer, dancer.
15. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
16. Cunningham, Merce, editor.
17. Cage, John, composer.
18. Caplan, Elliot, director.
19. Caplan, Elliot, editor.
20. Caplan, Elliot, designer.
21. Skinner, Martha, designer.
22. Skinner, Martha, costume designer.
23. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
24. Cunningham Dance Foundation.
25. Container of (work): Cunningham, Merce. Beach birds.