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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Vaughan, David, 1924-
3. Burns, Louise Ann
4. Cornfield, Ellen
5. Emery, Susan
6. Friedman, Lise
7. Good, Alan
8. Greenberg, Neil, 1959-
9. Harper, Meg
10. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana
11. Kerr, Catherine
12. Komar, Chris
13. Kovich, Robert
14. Lazaroff, Judy
15. Lennon, Joseph
16. Mehl, Brynar
17. Moulton, Charles, 1954-
18. Roess-Smith, Julie
19. Remley, Rob
20. Setterfield, Valda
21. Swinston, Robert
22. Walker, Megan
23. Quinn, Susan
24. Brockway, Merrill
25. Jacquot, Benoit
26. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
27. WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
28. Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)
29. Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (121 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program was part of a week-long series of films relating to Merce Cunningham shown on MetroArts/Thirteen. The program begins with an interview in which Cunningham discusses how he became interested in working with film. The video event, made for the series Camera three, is in two sections of 30 min. each. Part 1 begins with footage of Cunningham teaching and rehearsing his company, and discussing the purpose of his teaching and his choreographic process. Cunningham comments on each of the choreographic segments performed in the program, which include excerpts from Winterbranch, Second hand, Sounddance (identified as a work in progress), and TV rerun. Part 2 begins with a solo performed by Cunningham, and comments from Cunningham on the meaning of movement and ambiguity in his work. The segments performed in part 2 include excerpts from Changing steps (shown on four screens), Landrover, and Signals. The second film, Merce Cunningham and company, is a documentary in French with English subtitles. It includes an introductory biography of Merce Cunningham followed by interviews with him on his aesthetics and choreographic methods. Alternating is footage showing the company rehearsing sections from Trails, Scramble, Aeon, Quartet, Suite for five, Roadrunners, and Fractions.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Uniform title

1. Camera three (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham and company.
2. Camera three: a video event.

Subject

1. Choreography
2. Videodance
3. Video
4. Documentaries and factual works
5. Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
6. Television
7. Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Documentaries and factual works.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Conversation with David Vaughan and Merce Cunningham (7 min.) -- Camera three: a video event (58 min.) -- Merce Cunningham and co. (47 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-473

Note

1. First part of title from original container. Second part of title supplied by cataloger.

Credits (note)

1. Camera three: a video event. Produced and directed by Merrill Brockway. All choreography by Merce Cunningham. Recorded at CBS Broadcast Center and telecast by WCBS-TV in 1974.
2. Merce Cunningham and company. Produced by L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in association with the Cunningham Dance Foundation. Directed by Benoit Jacquot. Introduction and questions by Herve Gauville. All choreography by Merce Cunningham. Filmed at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York, 1982.

Event (note)

1. Telecast by MetroArts/Thirteen (the cable arts service of WNET/Thirteen) on July 17, 1999.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Merce Cunningham [videorecording] : [interview and film series. part 6] / [presented by] MetroArts/Thirteen.

Imprint

1. 1999.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Credits

1. Camera three: a video event. Produced and directed by Merrill Brockway. All choreography by Merce Cunningham. Recorded at CBS Broadcast Center and telecast by WCBS-TV in 1974.
2. Merce Cunningham and company. Produced by L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in association with the Cunningham Dance Foundation. Directed by Benoit Jacquot. Introduction and questions by Herve Gauville. All choreography by Merce Cunningham. Filmed at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York, 1982.

Performer

1. Camera three: a video event. Performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Meg Harper, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Brynar Mehl, Charles Moulton, Julie Roess-Smith, Valda Setterfield.
2. Merce Cunningham and company. Performed by members of Merce Cunningham and Company: Merce Cunningham, Louise Burns, Ellen Cornfield, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Neil Greenberg, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Judy Lazaroff, Joseph Lennon, Susan Quinn, Rob Remley, Robert Swinston, Megan Walker.

Event

1. Telecast by MetroArts/Thirteen (the cable arts service of WNET/Thirteen) on July 17, 1999.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local subject

1. Videodance.

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
3. Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
4. Vaughan, David, 1924- Interviewer
5. Burns, Louise Ann, dancer.
6. Cornfield, Ellen, dancer.
7. Emery, Susan, dancer.
8. Friedman, Lise, dancer.
9. Good, Alan, dancer.
10. Greenberg, Neil, 1959- dancer.
11. Harper, Meg, dancer.
12. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana, dancer.
13. Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
14. Komar, Chris, dancer.
15. Kovich, Robert, dancer.
16. Lazaroff, Judy, dancer.
17. Lennon, Joseph, dancer.
18. Mehl, Brynar, dancer.
19. Moulton, Charles, 1954- dancer.
20. Roess-Smith, Julie, dancer.
21. Remley, Rob, dancer.
22. Setterfield, Valda, dancer.
23. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
24. Walker, Megan, dancer.
25. Quinn, Susan, dancer.
26. Brockway, Merrill. Producer
27. Brockway, Merrill. Director
28. Jacquot, Benoit. Director
29. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
30. WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
31. Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)
32. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Added title

1. Camera three (Television program)
2. Merce Cunningham and company.
3. Camera three: a video event.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-473