Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Genre/Form
Dance.
Music.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Contents
Garnier event II (15 min.) -- Bénédicte [Pesle] & Arlette's home (14 min.)
Call number
*MGZIDF 1768
Note
Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label; statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Footage of Garnier event II shot from backstage with a hand-held camera by company director Donna Richard.
This is Foofwa d'Imobilité's last performance.
Both David Vaughan and Merce Cunningham speak at Bénédicte [Pesle] and Arlette's home. Cunningham is barely audible.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Music composed and performed by Takehisa Kosugi and Steve Lacy; decor (from Points in space) by William Anastasi; costumes by Suzanne Gallo; lighting by David Covey.
System details (note)
Streaming video.
Source (note)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Title
Backstage at the Paris Opera : Garnier event II [excerpt], 1998 January 17 & 18 / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Production
1998.
Country of producing entity
France.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
video
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Holly Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, Foofwa d'Imobilité (Frédéric Gafner), Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.
Credits
Music composed and performed by Takehisa Kosugi and Steve Lacy; decor (from Points in space) by William Anastasi; costumes by Suzanne Gallo; lighting by David Covey.
Event
Recorded 1998 January 17 & 18 Paris Opera & Bénédicte [Pesle] and Arlette's home, Paris, France.
System details
Streaming video.
Original version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.