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Scramble, Canfield, Landrover [and] Changing steps [rehearsals]

Title
  1. Scramble, Canfield, Landrover [and] Changing steps [videorecording] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Published by
  1. 1968-1970.

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FormatFilm, Slide, etc.AccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZIDVD 5-456Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional authors
  1. Cunningham, Merce
  2. Kovich, Robert
  3. Komar, Chris
  4. Kerr, Catherine
  5. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana
  6. Cunningham, Merce
  7. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (115 min.) : si., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. This disc contains two performances of Scramble, including a partial copy of a kinescope of Scramble performed at the Upton Auditorium, State University College, Buffalo, N.Y. on March 8, 1968 for the second Buffalo Festival of the Arts, aired over WNED-TV, Buffalo. The remainder of the disc contains studio rehearsals of Canfield, Landrover and Changing steps.
Series statement
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
  3. Dance rehearsals.
Contents
  1. Scramble (Dutch) -- Scramble (Buffalo) [excerpts] -- Leg duet -- Canfield no. 1 -- Canfield no. 2 -- Landrover duet -- Changing steps.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-456
Note
  1. Poor picture quality.
  2. Contents (incomplete) from original container.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance in Holland, July 1970; in performance at Upton Auditorium, State University College, Buffalo, N.Y., Mar. 8, 1968; and in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, dates unknown, ca. 1970.
Biography (note)
  1. Scramble premiered in 1967, with a musical score by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Canfield premiered in 1969, with a score by Pauline Olivero. Landrover premiered in 1972, with a musical score by John Cage, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma. Changing steps premiered in 1973, with a musical score by David Berhman, John Cage, Gordon Mumma and David Tudor.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
  1. Scramble, Canfield, Landrover [and] Changing steps [videorecording] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
  1. 1968-1970.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
  1. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Merce Cunningham, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, Cathy Kerr, Robert Kovich, Chris Komar, and others.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance in Holland, July 1970; in performance at Upton Auditorium, State University College, Buffalo, N.Y., Mar. 8, 1968; and in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, dates unknown, ca. 1970.
Biography
  1. Scramble premiered in 1967, with a musical score by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Canfield premiered in 1969, with a score by Pauline Olivero. Landrover premiered in 1972, with a musical score by John Cage, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma. Changing steps premiered in 1973, with a musical score by David Berhman, John Cage, Gordon Mumma and David Tudor.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local note
  1. Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reels by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Added author
  1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.
  2. Kovich, Robert, dancer.
  3. Komar, Chris, dancer.
  4. Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
  5. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana, dancer.
  6. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  7. Cunningham, Merce. Canfield.
  8. Cunningham, Merce. Landrover.
  9. Cunningham, Merce. Changing steps.
  10. Cunningham, Merce. Scramble.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-456
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