- Additional Authors
- 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)
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation,
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 6763
- OCLC
- 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:
- 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