Antic meet, 1964-09-18

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Title

Antic meet, 1964-09-18

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Performer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Costume designer)
Seppälä, Heikki, 1941- (Director)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- (Dancer)
Dilley, Barbara (Dancer)
Farber, Viola (Dancer)
Neels, Sandra (Dancer)
Paxton, Steve (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Yleisradio Oy (Producer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1964-09-18

Table Of Contents

Part I (33 min.) -- Part II (6 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1763

Subjects

Televised dance
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title, statement of responsibility and credits taken from close-up of house program shown in title sequence.
Creation/Production Credits: Music by John Cage ("Concert for Piano and Orchestra" or "WBAI") with David Tudor; decor and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg.
Venue: Recorded 1964 September 18 Ruotsalaisessa Teatterissa (Swedish Theatre), Helsinki, Finland.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (39 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Very poor picture quality.

Abstract

This performance, along with Septet, Nightwandering and Story, was recorded from a live television transmission directed by Heikki Seppälä and produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20159125
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2b90d5d0-e86a-0131-9973-3c075448cc4b

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. "Antic meet, 1964-09-18" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1964. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b90d5d0-e86a-0131-9973-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1964). Antic meet, 1964-09-18 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b90d5d0-e86a-0131-9973-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Antic meet, 1964-09-18" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b90d5d0-e86a-0131-9973-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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