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BIPED [rehearsal]

Title
BIPED [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1998.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Boudreau, Lisa
  • Caley, Thomas
  • Freebury, Jean
  • Gafner, Frédéric
  • Ogan, Banu
  • Phillips, Jared
  • Steele, Jeannie K.
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Therrien, Cheryl
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (35 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
This video features a run-through of BIPED, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The run-through lasts 28 min. The last 3 min. of the video features an additional run-through of an excerpt from BIPED.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Note on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
  • Last 4 minutes of video are blank.
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, Aug. 6, 1998.
Biography (note)
  • BIPED premiered in Apr. 1999, with a musical score by Gavin Bryars.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2955
OCLC
NYPG05-F11125
Title
BIPED [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1998.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Jean Freebury, Foofwa d'Imobilité [aka Frédéric Gafner], Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Aug. 6, 1998.
Biography
BIPED premiered in Apr. 1999, with a musical score by Gavin Bryars.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-437.
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 right), see *MGZIDF 2954.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.
Caley, Thomas, dancer.
Freebury, Jean, dancer.
Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
Ogan, Banu, dancer.
Phillips, Jared, dancer.
Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
Swinston, Robert, dancer.
Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-437 (former)
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