Research Catalog

Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts [rehearsals]

Title
Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1979-1981.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Komar, Chris
  • Kovich, Robert
  • Eginton, Meg
  • Lennon, Joseph
  • Friedman, Lise
  • Good, Alan
  • Remley, Rob
  • Armitage, Karole
  • Lazaroff, Judy
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (100 min.) : si., b&w
Summary
This video contains studio run-throughs of Roadrunners and Channels/inserts. Each piece is recorded twice, filmed from different angles. Some angles do not show the entire studio.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
  • Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Channels/Inserts (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 1979 (Roadrunners) and Mar. 1981 (Channels/Inserts).
Biography (note)
  • Roadrunners premiered June 19, 1979 with a musical score by Yasunao Tone. The stage version of Channels/inserts (originally created as a videodance) premiered Mar. 1981 with a musical score by David Tudor.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Roadrunners (stage right) (22 min.) -- Roadrunners (stage left) (23 min.) -- Channels/Inserts (stage right) (27 min.) -- Channels/Inserts (stage left) (28 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1964
OCLC
NYPG05-F10857
Title
Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1979-1981.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Roadrunners. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Merce Cunningham, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Joseph Lennon, Meg Eginton, and others.
Channels/Inserts. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Chris Komar, Rob Remley, Joseph Lennon, Judy Lazaroff, Karole Armitage, and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 1979 (Roadrunners) and Mar. 1981 (Channels/Inserts).
Biography
Roadrunners premiered June 19, 1979 with a musical score by Yasunao Tone. The stage version of Channels/inserts (originally created as a videodance) premiered Mar. 1981 with a musical score by David Tudor.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-948.
Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reels by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation. Poor picture quality.
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Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Kovich, Robert, dancer.
Eginton, Meg, dancer.
Lennon, Joseph, dancer.
Friedman, Lise, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Remley, Rob, dancer.
Armitage, Karole, dancer.
Lazaroff, Judy, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Channels/Inserts (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-948 (former)
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