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Repertory Understudy Group (RUG) workshop performance of Tread from two angles (front and rear camera) [and] original Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance of Tread from 1970

Title
Repertory Understudy Group (RUG) workshop performance of Tread from two angles (front and rear camera) [and] original Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance of Tread from 1970, 200901--, 1970 (original Tread performance footage)
Publication
January 2009; January 1970

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Neels, Sandra
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming video file (63 min) : sound, color and black-and-white
Summary
Two performances of the Merce Cunningham work Tread; the first is a workshop performance staged by MCDC corp alumna Sandra Neels and danced by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Repertory Understudy Group, seen twice from two different camera angles. In the first part of the file, Tread is danced with the camera in front of the dancers, after which the performance is shown again from the point of view of a camera placed to the dancers' rear. (20:23). Following this is the first performance of Tread given by the MCDC in early 1970. Note that this performance is silent (40:16).
Uniform Title
Tread (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Music.
  • Video.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Filmed dance.
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • 2009 Tread workshop performance staged by Sandra Neels.
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 6763
OCLC
969973956
Title
Repertory Understudy Group (RUG) workshop performance of Tread from two angles (front and rear camera) [and] original Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance of Tread from 1970, 200901--, 1970 (original Tread performance footage)
Production
January 2009; January 1970
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 the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Repertory Understudy Group.
Credits
2009 Tread workshop performance staged by Sandra Neels.
Event
Recorded 2009, 1970. New York City.
System Details
Streaming video.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site 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.
Neels, Sandra, instructor.
Neels, Sandra, stager.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Tread (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 6763
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