MinEvent: A Film by Charles Atlas

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Title

MinEvent: A Film by Charles Atlas

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Atlas, Charles (Director)
Behrman, David (Composer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Musician)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Musician)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Set designer)
Skinner, Marsha (Costume designer)
Byrne, Megan (Lighting designer)
Copeland, Katherine (Producer)
Alterman, Jarred (Cinematographer)
Fogel, Glen (Videographer)
Harlow, Mike (Videographer)
Messaros, Evan A (Sound designer)
Thorson, Josh (Production personnel)
Richards, Cathy (Production personnel)
Atlas, Charles (Editor)
Fogel, Glen (Editor)
Johnson, Josh (Associated name)
Moore, Stephan (Recording engineer)
Finke, Anna (Costume designer)
Cunningham, Merce (Artistic director)
Cage, John (Director)
Swinston, Robert (Choreographer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Musical director)
Carlson, Trevor (Director)
Wilhelms, Rebecca (Associated name)
Wichern, Lynn (Funder)
Vaughan, David, 1924- (Associated name)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Collwes, Brandon (Dancer)
Cunningham, Julie Dawn (Dancer)
Desjardins, Emma (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mizuta, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Producer)
Cunningham Dance Foundation (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2008

Table Of Contents

This 'MinEvent' consists of brief choreographic excerpts from various Cunningham works, combined and performed within a single piece. The works in this instance include: Cross Currents (1964), Un Jour Ou Deux (1973), Scramble (1967), Loose Time (2002), Monk's Tale (2004), Winterbranch (1964), Overpopulation (2002).

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4496

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on information within content; statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Creation/Production Credits: Merce Cunningham, choreographer; Charles Atlas, director; David Behrman, John King, Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, music; Robert Rauschenberg, decor; Marsha Skinner, costumes; Megan Byrne, lighting; Katherine Copeland, line producer; Jarred Alterman, director of photography;, Glen Fogel, Mike Harlow, additional cameras; Evan A. Messaros, utility/sound; Josh Thorson, Cathy Richards, production assistants; Charles Atlas, Glen Fogel, editing; Josh Johnson, production manager; Megan Byrne, lighting director; Stephan Moore, music recording; Anna Finke, wardrobe supervisor; Merce Cunningham, artistic director; John Cage (1912-1992), founding music director; Robert Swinston, assistant to the choreographer; Takehisa Kosugi, music director; Trevor Carlson, executive director; Rebecca Wilhelms, company manager; Lynn Wichern, chief financial officer; David Vaughan, archivist.
Performers: Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Brandon Collwes, Julie Cunningham, Emma Desjardins, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Rashaun Mitchell, Koji Mizuta, Marcie Munnerlyn, Robert Swinston, Andrea Weber, dancers. Performed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Venue: Recorded 2008. New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 video file (57 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

A film, directed by Charles Atlas, of the Merce Cunningham work MinEvent (2006).

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 930141464
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20843133
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2c0776a0-a99f-0133-f725-60f81dd2b63c

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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