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Title
Ocean
Additional title: Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Laudisio, China (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Rumsey, Glen (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Cage, John (Conceptor)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Culver, Andrew, 1953- (Composer)
Skinner, Marsha (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1996-04-19
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3098
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-1420 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Creation/production credits: Design and lighting: Marsha Skinner.
Venue: Videotaped in performance in Harmon Gym, the University of California at Berkeley, on Apr. 19, 1996.
Biographical/historical: Ocean was originally conceived by Merce Cunningham and John Cage, based on the writings of James Joyce. It was completed after Cage's death with music by Andrew Culver and David Tudor, based on Cage's ideas. It premiered at the Cirque Royal, Belgium, May 18, 1994.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (91 min.) : sound, color
The picture is dark on some parts of the tape.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16430257
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e78aa00-313f-0132-ce40-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1996: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f8fa330-313f-0132-4dcb-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 9, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f8fa330-313f-0132-4dcb-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1996). Ocean Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f8fa330-313f-0132-4dcb-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Ocean