Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Keillor, Garrison
2. Caplan, Elliot
3. Tharp, Twyla
4. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
5. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017.
6. Morris, Mark, 1956-
7. Lichtenstein, Harvey
8. Monk, Meredith
9. Bleckmann, Theo
10. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
11. Irwin, Bill, 1950-
12. Cunningham, Merce
13. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
14. Caley, Thomas
15. Cole, Michael Eugene
16. Gafner, Frédéric
17. Steele, Jeannie K.
18. Swinston, Robert
19. Therrien, Cheryl
20. Lancaster, Mark
21. Cunningham, Merce
22. Mark Morris Dance Group
23. Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (93 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. In this tribute to Merce Cunningham, performances are interspersed with a video collage of archival footage and monologues by Garrison Keillor.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Subject

1. Video
2. Tributes
3. Cunningham, Merce > Influence
4. Music
5. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Music.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Introduction / by Twyla Tharp -- For Merce / choreographed and performed by Trisha Brown -- Flash in the pan / choreographed by Mark Morris; performed by Mark Morris, Harvey Lichtenstein and the Mark Morris Dance Group -- Facing north [excerpt] / performed by Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckmann -- Walkaround time [excerpt] / performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Seven minutes, a gift for Merce / performed by Bill Irwin -- Sounddance / performed by Robert Swinston, Jeannie Steele, Foofwa d'Imobilité, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Cheryl Therrien, and Jenifer Weaver of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company -- Solo / performed by Merce Cunningham.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2011

Note

1. Title from original container.

Credits (note)

1. Host: Garrison Keillor. Video collage by Elliot Caplan.
2. Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Design by Mark Lancaster.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, on May 19, 1997.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Merce Cunningham's sixty years of dancing [videorecording] : Brooklyn Academy of Music tribute to Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

1. 1997.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Credits

1. Host: Garrison Keillor. Video collage by Elliot Caplan.
2. Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Design by Mark Lancaster.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, on May 19, 1997.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local subject

1. Tributes.

Added author

1. Keillor, Garrison, host.
2. Caplan, Elliot. Videographer
3. Tharp, Twyla. Speaker
4. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, choreographer.
5. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017. Performer
6. Morris, Mark, 1956- choreographer.
7. Morris, Mark, 1956- Performer
8. Lichtenstein, Harvey. Performer
9. Monk, Meredith, composer.
10. Monk, Meredith, performer.
11. Bleckmann, Theo. Performer
12. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- performer.
13. Irwin, Bill, 1950- performer.
14. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
15. Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
16. Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Composer
17. Caley, Thomas, dancer.
18. Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
19. Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
20. Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
21. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
22. Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.
23. Lancaster, Mark. Designer
24. Mark Morris Dance Group.
25. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
26. Cunningham, Merce. Sounddance.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2011