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CRWDSPCR : a film

Title
CRWDSPCR : a film / by Charles Atlas ; presented by Cunningham Dance Foundation ; choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Publication
2008, c1993.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Atlas, Charles
  • Andrieux, Cédric
  • Bokaer, Jonah
  • Boudreau, Lisa
  • Collwes, Brandon
  • Cunningham, Julie Dawn
  • Desjardins, Emma
  • Farmer, Holley
  • Goggans, Jennifer
  • Mitchell, Rashaun
  • Mizuta, Koji
  • Munnerlyn, Marcie
  • Squire, Daniel S.
  • Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975-
  • King, John, 1953 November 28-
  • Lancaster, Mark, 1938-
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming video file (30 min) : sound, color
Summary
From Electronic Arts Intermix website (http://www.eai.org/title.htm?id=15088) accessed on 2/19/2015: "Atlas records a late-2000's revival performance of the 1993 dance CRWDSPCR, which Merce Cunningham choreographed using the choreographic software program LifeForms. In program notes to a performance of the dance, Cunningham suggested that the vowel-less title, pronounced either 'crowd spacer' or 'crowds pacer,' referred to the way in which technology both crowded space and quickened the pace of daily life. Atlas's camera mimics a computer screen by maintaining an objective, static frame and rarely zooming in on particular dancers, notably making an intimate approach during the long, slow solo that contrasts with the dance's overall frenetic, staccato paces. A blue screen that forms the backdrop for the dance is traversed by a full company of dancers, who wear multi-colored leotards resembling harlequin computer pixels or digital grids. Cunningham's stage organization also permits the viewer to focus his or her attention on any of several groupings of moving dancers, much as one would when working on a computer with several windows open simultaneously. In this way, CRWDSPCR merges Cunninham's vision of a decentered organization of the stage with his use of the computer as a conceptual extension of chance-generated decision-making."
Uniform Title
CRWDSPCR (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Music.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Title, statement of responsibility and credits appear on-screen at the beginning of video.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Music (Blues '99) by John King; decor, costumes and lighting by Mark Lancaster.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 4490
OCLC
904257462
Title
CRWDSPCR : a film / by Charles Atlas ; presented by Cunningham Dance Foundation ; choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
2008, c1993.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
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: Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Brandon Collwes, Julie Cunningham, Emma Desjardins, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Rashaun Mitchell, Koji Mizuta, Marcie Munnerlyn, Daniel Squire and Andrea Weber.
Credits
Music (Blues '99) by John King; decor, costumes and lighting by Mark Lancaster.
Event
Recorded 2008 location not identified.
System Details
Streaming video.
Original Version
Original format: 1 digital video file.
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.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Atlas, Charles, director.
Andrieux, Cédric, dancer.
Bokaer, Jonah, dancer.
Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.
Collwes, Brandon, dancer.
Cunningham, Julie Dawn, dancer.
Desjardins, Emma, dancer.
Farmer, Holley, dancer.
Goggans, Jennifer, dancer.
Mitchell, Rashaun, dancer.
Mizuta, Koji, dancer.
Munnerlyn, Marcie, dancer.
Squire, Daniel S., dancer.
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- dancer.
King, John, 1953 November 28- composer.
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- designer.
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- costume designer.
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- lighting designer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): CRWDSPCR (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 4490
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