Split sides: rehearsal

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Title

Split sides: rehearsal

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Kirschner, Mandy (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2003-11-25

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3173
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2100 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance
Rehearsals

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Filmed from stage left. For another recording of the same rehearsal filmed from stage right see *MGZIDF 3172.
Performers: Rehearsed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Mandy Kirschner, Koji Minato, Daniel Roberts, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.
Venue: Recorded in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, without music, at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Nov. 25, 2003.
Biographical/Historical: Split sides consists of two sections, A & B, with two musical scores by Radiohead and Sigur Ros, and two sets of costumes; the order of the sections, music and decor is determined before each performance by rolling dice.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (S-VHS) (46 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

Studio run-through of Split sides, part A then part B, with additional rehearsal of the transition from B to A, the end of part B, and the beginning of part B.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16549328
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2699dc10-314b-0132-5757-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Split sides: rehearsal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2699dc10-314b-0132-5757-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). Split sides: rehearsal Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2699dc10-314b-0132-5757-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Split sides: rehearsal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2699dc10-314b-0132-5757-3c075448cc4b

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