Beach birds, Rondo, [and] CRWDSPCR

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Title

Beach birds, Rondo, [and] CRWDSPCR

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Laudisio, China (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Rumsey, Glen (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Skinner, Marsha (Dancer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Costume designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1996-06-20

Table Of Contents

Beach birds / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (31 min.) -- Rondo / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (32 min.) -- CRWDSPCR / performed by Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (32 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3099
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-378 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance
CRWDSPCR (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Rondo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Beach birds. Music by John Cage. Costumes by Marsha Skinner.
Creation/Production Credits: Rondo. Music by John Cage. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/Production Credits: CRWDSPCR. Music by John King (blues 99). Costumes by Mark Lancaster.
Performers: Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Kimberly Bartosik, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Michael Cole, Jean Freebury, Frédéric Gafner, China Laudisio, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Jared Phillips, Glen Rumsey, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the American Dance Festival, Durham, N.C., on June 20, 1996.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (95 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16304106
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4229ccc0-313f-0132-6496-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, Rondo, [and] CRWDSPCR" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4229ccc0-313f-0132-6496-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1996). Beach birds, Rondo, [and] CRWDSPCR Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4229ccc0-313f-0132-6496-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, Rondo, [and] CRWDSPCR" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4229ccc0-313f-0132-6496-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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