Merce Cunningham, speaking off-camera, directs run-throughs of material used in Events, including excerpts from Cunningham's works Scramble and Walkaround time. The choreographic material rehearsed consists mainly of lifts.
Series statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Dance rehearsals.
Call number
*MGZIDF 2897
Note
Notes on original container: Event lifts, Scramble (Frédéric 7 passé skips), Walkaround left (stage right).
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 11, 1991.
Biography (note)
Cunningham's Events are full evening presentations consisting 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.
Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Victoria Finlayson, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Randall Sanderson, Robert Swinston, and others.
Event
Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 11, 1991.
Biography
Cunningham's Events are full evening presentations consisting 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 5-2024.
The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For another recording of the same rehearsal from a different angle, see *MGZIDF 2898.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.