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Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio

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Mary Overlie Video Archive

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Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio

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Title
Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio
Names
Overlie, Mary (Dancer)
Martin, Nina (Dancer)
Beavers, Wendell (Dancer)
Langland, Paul (Dancer)
Padow, Judy (Dancer)
Feld, Robin (Dancer)
Smith, Nancy Stark (Dancer)
Kraus, Lisa (Dancer)
Woodberry, David (Dancer)
Petronio, Stephen (Dancer)
Lepkoff, Daniel (Dancer)
Collection

Mary Overlie Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978-04-21
Table of Contents
[Solo] (ca. 5 min.) / danced by unidentified man -- Spatial flow (ca. 9 min.) / improvisation score created by Mary Overlie ; danced by Nina Martin, Wendell Beavers, Paul Langland, and Mary Overlie -- [Solo] (ca. 3 min.) / danced by Paul Langland -- [Contact improvisation] / danced by a group of dancers including Judy Padow, Robin Feld, Nina Martin, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Kraus, Mary Overlie, David Woodberry, Wendell Beavers, Paul Langland, Stephen Petronio, Danny Lepkoff, and others.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9597
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4051 (former)
Topics
Overlie, Mary
Improvisation in dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title from information provided by Mary Overlie.
Content: Opening of concert not recorded. For second part of concert, see *MGZIC 9-4052 Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, New York, on April 21, 1978.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videotape reel
Extent: 1 videotape reel (32 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F522
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12684592
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d8180bc0-7abc-0135-06ef-6d79ef7b9c91
Rights Statement
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  • 1978: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0a88796-21eb-4406-b889-4a7e4365b827

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0a88796-21eb-4406-b889-4a7e4365b827

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0a88796-21eb-4406-b889-4a7e4365b827

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Contact improvisation at the Cunningham Studio