TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals: [rehearsals]

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

This Item

TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals

View this item elsewhere:

Title
TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals: [rehearsals]
Additional title: Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: TV rerun (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cornfield, Ellen (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Harper, Meg (Dancer)
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana. (Dancer)
Mehl, Brynar (Dancer)
Moulton, Charles (Dancer)
Roess-Smith, Julie. (Dancer)
Setterfield, Valda (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1974
Table of Contents
TV rerun (27 min.) -- Torse trio (5 min.) -- Signals (51 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1953
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-458 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Contents from original container.
Venue: Videotaped in studio performance and rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, dates unknown, 1974.
Biographical/historical: TV rerun premiered in 1972, with a musical score by Gordon Mumma. Torse premiered in 1976, with a musical score by Maryanne Amacher. Signals premiered in 1970, with a musical score by David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, and John Cage.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item. Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Poor picture quality. The picture rolls during the last 45 min. of the video.
Description
This video contains a studio performance of TV rerun and rehearsals of excerpts from Torse and Signals.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16172967
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3655e3c0-b2b9-0131-0d83-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1974: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1974. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1974). TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b | title= (moving image) TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals, (1974)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 11, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals