Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Harper, Meg
3. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana
4. Kerr, Catherine
5. Kovich, Robert
6. Komar, Chris
7. Mehl, Brynar
8. Moulton, Charles, 1954-
9. Roess-Smith, Julie
10. Ensminger, Morgan
11. Lancaster, Mark
12. Cunningham, Merce
13. Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (79 min.) : si., b&w

Summary

1. This video begins with a studio run-through of Torse, without music. This rehearsal is followed by an incomplete recording of Sounddance (beginning 53 min. into the video), including only the first 9 min. of the piece. A complete recording of the performance follows.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. Torse [rehearsal] (52 min.) -- Sounddance [partial] (9 min.) -- Sounddance [complete] (17 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 1959

Note

1. Note on original container: Downstage.
2. Poor picture quality throughout.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

1. Sounddance: costumes by Mark Lancaster.

Event (note)

1. Torse: videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 1976.
2. Sounddance: videotaped in performance at the University of California at Berkeley, Apr. 1975.

Biography (note)

1. Torse premiered Jan. 13, 1976.
2. Sounddance premiered Mar. 1975 and had a musical score by David Tudor.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Torse, rehearsal ; [and] Sounddance [electronic resource] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

1. 1975, 1976.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

1. Rehearsed and performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Torse: Robert Kovich, Chris Komar, Julie Roess-Smith, Morgan Ensminger, and others / Sounddance: Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Meg Harper, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Brynar Mehl, Charles Moulton, Julie Roess-Smith.

Credits

1. Sounddance: costumes by Mark Lancaster.

Event

1. Torse: videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 1976.
2. Sounddance: videotaped in performance at the University of California at Berkeley, Apr. 1975.

Biography

1. Torse premiered Jan. 13, 1976.
2. Sounddance premiered Mar. 1975 and had a musical score by David Tudor.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-947.
2. Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reel by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
3. The rehearsal is recorded with a fixed camera that shows only half of the studio. For a recording showing the other half of the studio, see *MGZIDF 1958. For another video of the Sounddance performance, see *MGZIDF 1950.

Access

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
3. Harper, Meg, dancer.
4. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana, dancer.
5. Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
6. Kovich, Robert, dancer.
7. Komar, Chris, dancer.
8. Mehl, Brynar, dancer.
9. Moulton, Charles, 1954- dancer.
10. Roess-Smith, Julie, dancer.
11. Ensminger, Morgan, dancer.
12. Lancaster, Mark. Costume designer
13. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
14. Cunningham, Merce. Torse.
15. Cunningham, Merce. Sounddance.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 1959