Research Catalog

Merce Cunningham Dance Company Residence at the NEST School, Week 1

Title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Company Residence at the NEST School, Week 1, 2008-01-02
Published by
  1. January 2, 2008.

Available online

Details

Additional authors
  1. Lent, Patricia
  2. Bokaer, Jonah
  3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (51 min) : sound, color
Summary
  1. A children's workshop given as part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's multi-week residency at the NEST (New Experiments in Science and Technology) School in New York City. MCDC dancer Jonah Bokaer and former MCDC dancer Patricia Lent lead the students through an exercise where they learn about the choreographer's use of chance operations to create works, after which the students create their own choreography based on chance operations and motifs of Cunningham's choreography.
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Subject
  1. Filmed dance
  2. Video
  3. Music
  4. Dance
  5. School children
  6. Dance in education
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Music.
  3. Video.
  4. Filmed dance.
Contents
  1. Contents note.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 6859
Note
  1. Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
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. Merce Cunningham Dance Company Residence at the NEST School, Week 1, 2008-01-02
Production
  1. January 2, 2008.
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. Jonah Bokaer, Patricia Lent, instructors.
Event
  1. Recorded 2008, January 2. New York City.
System details
  1. Streaming video.
Original version
  1. Original format: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) ; 8 mm.
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. Lent, Patricia, instructor.
  2. Bokaer, Jonah, instructor.
  3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 6859
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