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RainForest: [rehearsal]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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RainForest

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Title
RainForest: [rehearsal]
Additional title: RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
O'Connor, Dennis. (Dancer)
Santimyer, Kristy (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Wood, Robert (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1988
Table of Contents
RainForest A / rehearsed by Helen Barrow, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Patricia Lent, Robert Swinston (20 min.) -- RainForest B / rehearsed by Victoria Finlayson, David Kulick, Larissa McGoldrick, Dennis O'Connor, Kristy Santimyer, Robert Wood (21 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2880
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-978 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Apr. 4, 1988.
Biographical/historical: Rainforest, which premiered in 1968, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1988.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (41 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features two studio run-throughs of RainForest by alternate casts, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16144139
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3a97bb30-b2ba-0131-a8c0-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "RainForest" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c06c4d0-b2ba-0131-5cf3-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "RainForest" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c06c4d0-b2ba-0131-5cf3-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). RainForest Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c06c4d0-b2ba-0131-5cf3-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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