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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Boudreau, Lisa
3. Caley, Thomas
4. Freebury, Jean
5. Gafner, Frédéric
6. Cole, Michael Eugene
7. Fason, Maydelle
8. Mohr, Matthew D.
9. Ogan, Banu
10. Phillips, Jared
11. Steele, Jeannie
12. Swan, Derry
13. Swinston, Robert
14. Therrien, Cheryl
15. Cunningham, Merce
16. Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (88 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. This video features a run-through of Ocean, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 2940

Note

1. Note on original container: Camera left/stage right.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Nov. 6, 1997.

Biography (note)

1. Ocean premiered at the Cirque Royal in Brussels on May 18, 1994, with a musical score by David Tudor and Andrew Culver, based on ideas of John Cage. Ocean was performed in the repertory of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1997.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Ocean [electronic resource] : [rehearsal] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

1. 1997.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

1. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, Foofwa d'Imobilité [formerly Frédéric Gafner], Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien, and others.

Event

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Nov. 6, 1997.

Biography

1. Ocean premiered at the Cirque Royal in Brussels on May 18, 1994, with a musical score by David Tudor and Andrew Culver, based on ideas of John Cage. Ocean was performed in the repertory of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1997.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local note

1. For a recording of the same rehearsal shot from another angle (stage left) see *MGZIDF 2941.
2. Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-2014.

Access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.
3. Caley, Thomas, dancer.
4. Freebury, Jean, dancer.
5. Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
6. Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
7. Fason, Maydelle, dancer.
8. Mohr, Matthew D., dancer.
9. Ogan, Banu, dancer.
10. Phillips, Jared, dancer.
11. Steele, Jeannie, dancer.
12. Swan, Derry, dancer.
13. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
14. Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.
15. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
16. Cunningham, Merce. Ocean.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2014 (former)