How to pass, kick, fall and run [and] Fabrications

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Title

How to pass, kick, fall and run [and] Fabrications

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Narrator)
Cage, John (Author)
Vaughan, David, 1924- (Narrator)
Emmons, Beverly (Lighting designer)
Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo (Composer)
Bradshaw, Dove (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mizuta, 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 (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2003-11-02

Table Of Contents

How to pass... / performed by Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jean Freebury, Daniel Roberts, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston (24 min.) -- Fabrications / performed by Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jean Freebury, Jennifer Goggans, Koji Mizuta, Daniel Roberts, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (31 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3692
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2049 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Filmed in wide shot. Picture is poor quality. Lighting cues are audible.
Content: V.P.M. DVD is dated (possibly misdated) 3/2003.
Creation/Production Credits: How to pass... Text by John Cage, read by Merce Cunningham and David Vaughan. Lighting design by Beverly Emmons.
Creation/Production Credits: Fabrications. Music by Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta. Design by Dove Bradshaw.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 31, 2003.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (55 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16529259
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2df69e20-3152-0132-f1ff-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. "How to pass, kick, fall and run [and] Fabrications" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2df69e20-3152-0132-f1ff-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). How to pass, kick, fall and run [and] Fabrications Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2df69e20-3152-0132-f1ff-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "How to pass, kick, fall and run [and] Fabrications" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2df69e20-3152-0132-f1ff-3c075448cc4b

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