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[New York views] [Merce Cunningham segment]

Title
[New York views] [videorecording] : [Merce Cunningham segment] / [presented by] WABC-TV.
Publication
1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Abrams, Roz.
  • WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (6 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This segment gives a brief overview of Merce Cunningham's career and influence, on the occasion of his 76th birthday. The segment includes clips from archival footage documenting Cunningham's career and comments from Cunningham on his piece Rune (1959); his artistic philosophy; the relationship between dance and music; his use of Life Forms software, and of chance operations, in developing his choreography.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in television studio, New York City; broadcast on WABC-TV, Apr. 1995.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-586
OCLC
NYPG05-F10580
Title
[New York views] [videorecording] : [Merce Cunningham segment] / [presented by] WABC-TV.
Imprint
1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Anchor: Roz Abrams.
Event
Videotaped in television studio, New York City; broadcast on WABC-TV, Apr. 1995.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
This segment also appears on *MGZIDVD 5-584.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
Abrams, Roz. Host
WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-586
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