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Shards [rehearsal]

Title
Shards [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1987.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIDVD 5-975Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Barrow, Helen
  • Finlayson, Victoria
  • Good, Alan
  • Kerr, Catherine
  • Kulick, David
  • Lent, Patricia
  • Remley, Rob
  • Santimyer, Kristy
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (106 min.) : si., col. and b&w.
Summary
This video features a studio run-through of Shards, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The run-through is filmed from two angles, each showing a partial view of the studio. The first recording is in color, the second in black-and-white. The remainder of the video features a run-through of Points in space filmed in 1986.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Last 13 minutes of video is blank.
With (note)
  • Also includes: Points in space, rehearsal (42 min.) See *MGZIDVD 5-975.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 26, 1987.
Biography (note)
  • Shards premiered in Mar. 1987, with a musical score by David Tudor.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
Shards (stage right) (26 min.) -- Shards (stage left) (26 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1963
OCLC
NYPG05-F10942
Title
Shards [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1987.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
With:
Also includes: Points in space, rehearsal (42 min.) See *MGZIDVD 5-975.
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Helen Barrow, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Rob Remley, Kristy Santimyer and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 26, 1987.
Biography
Shards premiered in Mar. 1987, with a musical score by David Tudor.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-975.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
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Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Barrow, Helen, dancer.
Finlayson, Victoria, dancer.
Good, Alan, dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
Kulick, David, dancer.
Lent, Patricia, dancer.
Remley, Rob, dancer.
Santimyer, Kristy, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-975 (former)
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