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RainForest [rehearsal]

Title
RainForest [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Andrieux, Cédric
  • Bokaer, Jonah
  • Chen, Ashley
  • Farmer, Holley
  • Goggans, Jennifer
  • Mizuta, Koji
  • Steele, Jeannie K.
  • Swan, Derry
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Therrien, Cheryl
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (39 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
This video features two studio run-throughs of RainForest, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment, by alternate casts.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Jan. 23, 2003.
Biography (note)
  • RainForest, which premiered in 1968, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's 50th anniversary celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival, July 2002.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
RainForest (group 1) / rehearsed by Cédric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Holley Farmer, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston (20 min.) -- RainForest (group 2) / rehearsed by Ashley Chen, Jennifer Goggans, Koji Mizuta, Cheryl Therrien and others (19 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2973
OCLC
NYPG05-F11081
Title
RainForest [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cédric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Ashley Chen, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Koji Mizuta, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Jan. 23, 2003.
Biography
RainForest, which premiered in 1968, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's 50th anniversary celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival, July 2002.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-422.
The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For another recording of the same rehearsal filmed from a different angle (stage left), see *MGZIDF 2974.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
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Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Andrieux, Cédric, dancer.
Bokaer, Jonah, dancer.
Chen, Ashley, dancer.
Farmer, Holley, dancer.
Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.
Mizuta, Koji, dancer.
Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
Swan, Derry, dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-422 (former)
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