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[Ocean] [performance excerpts, press conference and interview]

Title: [Ocean] [videorecording] : [performance excerpts, press conference and interview] / [produced by] Deutsche Welle.
Publication: 1994.

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Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1 videodisc (PAL) (94 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This disc contains footage filmed for a German television segment on the first Kunstenfestival des Arts in Brussels. Merce Cunningham speaks to reporters about the score for Ocean, its performance in the round, the collaborators who worked on Ocean, and the reason for its title. An hour of excerpts from a performance of Ocean at the festival follow. Festival founder Fri Leyson is interviewed about the festival's origins, its significance in bringing together the French and Flemish cultures of Belgium and reflecting the European situation, its sources of funding and the inclusion of Chinese works. The last 8 min. of the disc contains an edited compilation of the preceding footage, with voice-over translations in German, probably for a television segment.

Series Statement

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Uniform Title

Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium, in May 1994.

Biography (note)

Ocean was originally conceived by Merce Cunningham and John Cage, based on the writings of James Joyce. It was completed after Cage's death with music by Andrew Culver and David Tudor, based on Cage's ideas. It premiered at the Cirque Royal, Belgium, May 18, 1994.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Contents

Press conference with Merce Cunningham (10 min.) -- Ocean performance excerpts (63 min.) -- Interview and TV segment about Kunstenfestival des Arts (21 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-340

OCLC

NYPG05-F11493

Title

[Ocean] [videorecording] : [performance excerpts, press conference and interview] / [produced by] Deutsche Welle.

Imprint

1994.

Country of Producing Entity

Belgium.

Series

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

Ocean. Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Michael Cole, Thomas Caley, Kimberly Bartosik, Emma Diamond, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, Jenifer Weaver.

Event

Videotaped at the Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium, in May 1994.

Biography

Ocean was originally conceived by Merce Cunningham and John Cage, based on the writings of James Joyce. It was completed after Cage's death with music by Andrew Culver and David Tudor, based on Cage's ideas. It premiered at the Cirque Royal, Belgium, May 18, 1994.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Cole, Michael, dancer.

Caley, Thomas, dancer.

Diamond, Emma, dancer.

Freebury, Jean, dancer.

Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.

Laudisio, China, dancer.

Mohr, Matthew, dancer.

Bartosik, Kimberly, dancer.

Ogan, Banu, dancer.

Rumsey, Glen, dancer.

Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.

Weaver, Jenifer, dancer.

Cage, John. Conceptor

Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Composer

Culver, Andrew, 1953- Composer

Leyson, Fri. Interviewee

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Deutsche Welle.

Added Title

Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Found In:

Merce Cunningham archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-340

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