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TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals [rehearsals]

Title
TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1974.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Cornfield, Ellen
  • Kovich, Robert
  • Komar, Chris
  • Kerr, Catherine
  • Harper, Meg
  • Hayman-Chaffey, Susana
  • Mehl, Brynar
  • Moulton, Charles
  • Roess-Smith, Julie
  • Setterfield, Valda
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (83 min.) : sd., b&w
Summary
This video contains a studio performance of TV rerun and rehearsals of excerpts from Torse and Signals.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform Title
  • Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • TV rerun (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Poor picture quality. The picture rolls during the last 45 min. of the video.
  • Contents from original container.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in studio performance and rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, dates unknown, 1974.
Biography (note)
  • TV rerun premiered in 1972, with a musical score by Gordon Mumma. Torse premiered in 1976, with a musical score by Maryanne Amacher. Signals premiered in 1970, with a musical score by David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, and John Cage.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Contents
TV rerun (27 min.) -- Torse trio (5 min.) -- Signals (51 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1953
OCLC
NYPG05-F11181
Title
TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1974.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Meg Harper, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, Cathy Kerr, Robert Kovich, Chris Komar, Brynar Mehl, Charles Moulton, Julie Roess-Smith, Valda Setterfield, and others.
Event
Videotaped in studio performance and rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, dates unknown, 1974.
Biography
TV rerun premiered in 1972, with a musical score by Gordon Mumma. Torse premiered in 1976, with a musical score by Maryanne Amacher. Signals premiered in 1970, with a musical score by David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, and John Cage.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-458.
Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reels by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
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, dancer.
Cornfield, Ellen, dancer.
Kovich, Robert, dancer.
Komar, Chris, dancer.
Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
Harper, Meg, dancer.
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana, dancer.
Mehl, Brynar, dancer.
Moulton, Charles, dancer.
Roess-Smith, Julie, dancer.
Setterfield, Valda, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Added Title
Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
TV rerun (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-458 (former)
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