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Birthday Party Tape: Batteryparkevent Rehearsal and Performance Clips 2005-09-09

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Birthday Party Tape

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Title
Birthday Party Tape: Batteryparkevent Rehearsal and Performance Clips 2005-09-09
Additional title: Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2005-09-09
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3695
Topics
Modern dance
Rehearsals
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on viewing of file and research. No title or information on item or container other than Post-it identifying item as B-Day Party tape. Field in Brightcove seems to indicate that this tape was screened or used in some way at a celebration of Merce Cunningham's birthday
Performers: Performed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Venue: Recorded 2005, September 9. Battery Park, New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (31 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Clips of rehearsal for the piece Batteryparkevent, performed in New York City's Battery Park on the evening of September 9, 2005. Brief daytime rehearsal footage is followed by clips of the evening performance.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 922889533
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20809312
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 53417050-7c7c-0136-3359-69e78d7adbfb
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Item timeline of events

  • 2005: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Birthday Party Tape" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/59b587e0-a96a-0133-d1e2-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Birthday Party Tape" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/59b587e0-a96a-0133-d1e2-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Birthday Party Tape Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/59b587e0-a96a-0133-d1e2-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Birthday Party Tape