Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Cage, John.
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018.
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
5. Berger, Alexandra
6. Crossman, Dylan
7. Madoff, Daniel
8. Scott, Jamie (Dancer)
9. Toogood, Melissa
10. Tilles, Nurit.
11. Ward, Penny
12. Bernadi, François
13. Cunningham, Merce.
14. Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group.
15. New York Public Library. Dance Division.
16. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (81 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Event
2. Sonatas and interludes

Subject

1. Exhibitions > New York (State) > New York
2. Video
3. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Event [rehearsal] (ca. 12 min.) -- Event [performance] (ca. 12 min.) / choreography, Merce Cunningham ; music, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor ; performed by the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group -- Event [post performance] (ca. 1 min.)
2. Sonatas and interludes (excerpts) [rehearsal and discussion] (ca. 11 min.) -- Sonatas and interludes (excerpts) [performance] (ca. 25 min.) / music, John Cage ; performed on the prepared piano by Nurit Tilles -- Sonatas and interludes (excerpts) [post performance discussion] (ca. 19 min.).

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3605

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Cunningham Dance Foundation, John Cage Trust, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division.
2. The performances were presented in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Invention: Merce Cunningham & collaborators, presented from June 19 through Oct. 13, 2007 at the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center.
3. This Cunningham Event was created for the plaza lobby of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
4. Nurit Tilles (pianist for Sonatas and interludes) discusses how John Cage discovered the prepared piano, her personal preferences on preparing the piano, and the placement of object on the strings.

Credits (note)

1. Videographer, Penny Ward ; editor, François Bernadi.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at the plaza lobby, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on June 19, 2007.

Funding (note)

1. The exhibition was made possible, in part, through the generous support of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro.
2. Additional support was provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the John Cage Trust.
3. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman.
4. Additional support for exhibitions was provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg, Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.
5. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Opening day performances [videorecording] : Event [and] Sonatas and interludes.

Imprint

1. c2007.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at the plaza lobby, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on June 19, 2007.

Credits

1. Videographer, Penny Ward ; editor, François Bernadi.

Performer

1. Event danced by Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group: Alexandra Berger, Dylan Crossman, Daniel Madoff, Jamie Scott, Melissa Toogood.
2. Sonatas and interludes (excerpts, sections 1-9) performed by pianist Nurit Tilles.

Funding

1. The exhibition was made possible, in part, through the generous support of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro.
2. Additional support was provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the John Cage Trust.
3. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman.
4. Additional support for exhibitions was provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg, Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.
5. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Cage, John. Sonatas and interludes, piano. Selections.
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018. Composer
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Composer
5. Berger, Alexandra, dancer.
6. Crossman, Dylan, dancer.
7. Madoff, Daniel, dancer.
8. Scott, Jamie (Dancer), dancer.
9. Toogood, Melissa, dancer.
10. Tilles, Nurit. Instrumentalist
11. Ward, Penny, videographer.
12. Bernadi, François, editor of moving image work.
13. Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group.
14. New York Public Library. Dance Division.
15. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
16. Cunningham, Merce. Event.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3605