Rondo, MinEvent, [and] Sounddance [electronic resource] / [presented by] the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; choreography by Merce Cunningham; music by John Cage and David Tudor.
Rondo / performed by Lisa Boudreau, Foofwa d'Imobilité, Glen Rumsey, Maydelle Breceda, China Laudisio, Jeannie Steele, Thomas Caley, Matthew Mohr, Derry Swan, Michael Cole, Banu Ogan, Robert Swinston, Jean Freebury, Jared Phillips, Cheryl Therrien (32 min.) -- MinEvent / performed by same cast as Rondo (32 min.) -- Sounddance / performed by Robert Swinston, Jeannie Steele, Foofwa d'Imobilité, Thomas Caley, Jean Freebury, Banu Ogan, Michael Cole, Glen Rumsey, Cheryl Therrien, China Laudisio (20 min.)
Call number
*MGZIDF 3115
Note
Filmed in wide shot.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Rondo. Music by John Cage (Four 6). Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
MinEvent. Music performed by David Berhman, Takehisa Kosugi, and Jim O'Rourke. Set and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg.
Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Design by Mark Lancaster.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, Mass., on July 4, 1997.
Biography (note)
MinEvents, shortened versions of Merce Cunningham's full-evening Events, began appearing in the company's repertory in 1995. Cunningham's Events consist of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
Rondo, MinEvent, [and] Sounddance [electronic resource] / [presented by] the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; choreography by Merce Cunningham; music by John Cage and David Tudor.
Imprint
1997.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Credits
Rondo. Music by John Cage (Four 6). Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
MinEvent. Music performed by David Berhman, Takehisa Kosugi, and Jim O'Rourke. Set and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg.
Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Design by Mark Lancaster.
Performer
Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Lisa Boudreau, Foofwa d'Imobilité [formerly Frédéric Gafner], Glen Rumsey, Maydelle Breceda [later Maydelle Fason], China Laudisio, Jeannie Steele, Thomas Caley, Matthew Mohr, Derry Swan, Michael Cole, Banu Ogan, Robert Swinston, Jean Freebury, Jared Phillips, Cheryl Therrien.
Event
Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, Mass., on July 4, 1997.
Biography
MinEvents, shortened versions of Merce Cunningham's full-evening Events, began appearing in the company's repertory in 1995. Cunningham's Events consist of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-374.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.