Pictures [and] Fluid canvas [and] How to pass, kick, fall and run, Feb. 8, 2003

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Title

Pictures [and] Fluid canvas [and] How to pass, kick, fall and run, Feb. 8, 2003

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Downie, Marc (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Ingalls, James F. (Lighting designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige C. (Paige Comstock) (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Kirschner, Mandy (Dancer)
Minato, 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)
Cage, John (Composer)
Behrman, David (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2003-02-08

Table Of Contents

Pictures (33 minutes) -- Fluid canvas (30 minutes) -- How to pass, kick, fall and run (27 minutes)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3118
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2052 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Music by John King. Video design by Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser. Lighting design by James F. Ingalls.
Performers: Performed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jean Freebury, Jennifer Goggans, Mandy Kirschner, Koji Minato, Daniel Roberts, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2003.
Creation/Production Credits: Pictures. Music by David Behrman. Set, costumes, and lighting by Mark Lancaster.
Creation/Production Credits: How to pass, kick, fall and run. Music by John Cage.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (90 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16529325
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 43d99ba0-3140-0132-bcee-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. "Pictures [and] Fluid canvas [and] How to pass, kick, fall and run, Feb. 8, 2003" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43d99ba0-3140-0132-bcee-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). Pictures [and] Fluid canvas [and] How to pass, kick, fall and run, Feb. 8, 2003 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43d99ba0-3140-0132-bcee-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pictures [and] Fluid canvas [and] How to pass, kick, fall and run, Feb. 8, 2003" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43d99ba0-3140-0132-bcee-3c075448cc4b

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