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Objects, Tread, 1972-02-06

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Title

Objects, Tread, 1972-02-06

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Jenney, Neil, 1945- (Set designer)
Nauman, Bruce, 1941- (Set designer)
Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996 (Lighting designer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- (Dancer)
Neels, Sandra (Dancer)
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana (Dancer)
Robinson, Chase (Dancer)
Harper, Meg (Dancer)
Hassall, Nanette (Dancer)
Dunn, Douglas (Dancer)
Dove, Ulysses (Dancer)
Setterfield, Valda (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Producer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1972-02-06

Table Of Contents

Objects (33 min.) -- Tread (22 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1773

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title and statement of responsibility provided by cataloger, based on information found in house program, available in (S) *MGZMD 196.
Content: Time code visible in bottom right of picture.
Creation/Production Credits: Objects set design and lighting by Neil Jenney. Tread set design by Bruce Nauman; lighting by Richard Nelson.
Venue: Recorded 1972 February 6 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Poor picture quality.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20206434
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37a429c0-e869-0131-499a-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Objects, Tread, 1972-02-06" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1972. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37a429c0-e869-0131-499a-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1972). Objects, Tread, 1972-02-06 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37a429c0-e869-0131-499a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Objects, Tread, 1972-02-06" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37a429c0-e869-0131-499a-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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