Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
3. Cage, John
4. Lancaster, Mark, 1938-
5. Sekula, Sonja
6. Cornfield, Ellen
7. Harper, Meg
8. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana
9. Kerr, Catherine
10. Komar, Chris
11. Kovich, Robert
12. Mehl, Brynar
13. Moulton, Charles
14. Roess-Smith, Julie
15. Cunningham, Merce
16. Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer
17. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (34 min) : sound, black & white

Summary

1. Video features 7 min. of backstage footage following the performances.

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Music.
3. Video.
4. Filmed dance.
5. Filmed performances.

Contents

1. Sounddance (17 min.) -- Solo (10 min.) -- Backstage (7 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 1950

Note

1. Title and statement of responsibility provided by cataloger, based on original container label.
2. Credits taken from house program available in *MGZMD 196.
3. Program indicates the title "Sounddance" is from Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce.
4. V.P.M. 1 VHS is misdated 5/13/88.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

1. Original musical score for Sounddance (Toneburst) by David Tudor; decor, lighting and costumes by Mark Lancaster. Original music score for Solo (Child of Tree) by John Cage; costume by Sonja Sekula.

System details (note)

1. Streaming video.

Source (note)

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Title

1. Sounddance [and] Solo, 1975-04-13 / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Production

1. 1975.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Performer

1. Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Meg Harper, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Brynar Mehl, Charles Moulton and Julie Roess-Smith.

Credits

1. Original musical score for Sounddance (Toneburst) by David Tudor; decor, lighting and costumes by Mark Lancaster. Original music score for Solo (Child of Tree) by John Cage; costume by Sonja Sekula.

Event

1. Recorded 1975 April 13 Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California.

System details

1. Streaming video.

Original version

1. Original format: 1 open reel videotape ; 1/2 in.

Restricted access

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

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Source

1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
3. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, composer.
4. Cage, John, composer.
5. Lancaster, Mark, 1938- stage designer.
6. Lancaster, Mark, 1938- lighting designer.
7. Lancaster, Mark, 1938- costume designer.
8. Sekula, Sonja, costume designer.
9. Cornfield, Ellen, dancer.
10. Harper, Meg, dancer.
11. Hayman-Chaffey, Susana, dancer.
12. Kerr, Catherine, dancer.
13. Komar, Chris, dancer.
14. Kovich, Robert, dancer.
15. Mehl, Brynar, dancer.
16. Moulton, Charles, dancer.
17. Roess-Smith, Julie, dancer.
18. Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.
19. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
20. Container of (work): Cunningham, Merce. Solo.
21. Container of (work): Cunningham, Merce. Sounddance.

Added title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 1950