Field and figures, Walkaround time [excerpt], and Cargo X: [rehearsals]

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Title

Field and figures, Walkaround time [excerpt], and Cargo X: [rehearsals]

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
O'Connor, Dennis. (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Teitelbaum, Carol (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1989

Table Of Contents

Field and figures / rehearsed by Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum, and others (30 min.) -- Walkaround time [excerpt] / rehearsed by Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum and others (10 min.) -- Cargo X [cast A] / rehearsed by Emma Diamond, Alan Good, David Kulick, Larissa McGoldrick, Dennis O'Connor, Carol Teitelbaum, and others (20 min.) -- Cargo X [cast B] / rehearsed by Robert Swinston, Patricia Lent, Chris Komar, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, and others (21 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2883
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-1445 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, in Apr., 1989.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (86 min.) : silent, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

This video features a run-through of Field and figures; a run-through of an excerpt from Walkaround time, and two run-throughs of Cargo X with different casts, all in rehearsal clothes and without musical accompaniment.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16470160
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 45bf1a60-b2ba-0131-5d9c-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

1989

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Field and figures, Walkaround time [excerpt], and Cargo X: [rehearsals]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45bf1a60-b2ba-0131-5d9c-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Field and figures, Walkaround time [excerpt], and Cargo X: [rehearsals] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45bf1a60-b2ba-0131-5d9c-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Field and figures, Walkaround time [excerpt], and Cargo X: [rehearsals]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45bf1a60-b2ba-0131-5d9c-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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