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BIPED [rehearsal]

Title
BIPED [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1999.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Boudreau, Lisa
  • Caley, Thomas
  • Farmer, Holley
  • Fason, Maydelle
  • Freebury, Jean
  • Gafner, Frédéric
  • Kulick, David
  • Mohr, Matthew D.
  • Ogan, Banu
  • Squire, Daniel S.
  • Steele, Jeannie K.
  • Swinston, Robert
  • Therrien, Cheryl
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
This video features a run-through of BIPED, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The run-through lasts 46 min. The last 4 min. of the video features a retake 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
  • Notes on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
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, July 15, 1999.
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 1852
OCLC
NYPG05-F11136
Title
BIPED [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1999.
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, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, Foofwa d'Imobilité [aka Frédéric Gafner], David Kulick, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 15, 1999.
Biography
BIPED premiered in Apr. 1999, with a musical score by Gavin Bryars.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
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 2960.
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-442.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.
Caley, Thomas, dancer.
Farmer, Holley, dancer.
Fason, Maydelle, dancer.
Freebury, Jean, dancer.
Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
Kulick, David, dancer.
Mohr, Matthew D., dancer.
Ogan, Banu, dancer.
Squire, Daniel S., 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 5-442 (former)
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