Title

Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2 [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Publication

1997.

Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• Boudreau, Lisa
• Caley, Thomas
• Freebury, Jean
• Gafner, Frédéric
• Cole, Michael Eugene
• Fason, Maydelle
• Mohr, Matthew D.
• Ogan, Banu
• Phillips, Jared
• Steele, Jeannie K.
• Swan, Derry
• Swinston, Robert
• Therrien, Cheryl
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Found In

Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1 streaming video file (75 min.) : sd., col.

Series Statement

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Uniform Title

• Scenario (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Rondo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Note on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
• The picture is very dark on some parts of the video.

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, Dec. 9, 1997.

Biography (note)

• Scenario premiered Oct. 14, 1997, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Rondo premiered June 2, 1996, with a musical score by John Cage.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Contents

Rondo (32 min.) -- Scenario no. 2 (43 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDF 1991

Title

Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2 [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

1997.

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, Michael Cole, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, Foofwa d'Imobilité [i.e. Frédéric Gafner], Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, and others.

Event

Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Dec. 9, 1997.

Summary

This video features run-throughs of Rondo and Scenario, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.

Biography

Scenario premiered Oct. 14, 1997, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Rondo premiered June 2, 1996, with a musical score by John Cage.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-446.

The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio.

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.

Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.

Fason, Maydelle, dancer.

Mohr, Matthew D., dancer.

Ogan, Banu, dancer.

Phillips, Jared, dancer.

Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.

Swan, Derry, dancer.

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Added Title

Scenario (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Rondo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Found In:

Merce Cunningham archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-446 (former)