Tread, 1970

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Title

Tread, 1970

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Cunningham, Merce (Costume designer)
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- (Dancer)
Dunn, Douglas, 1942- (Dancer)
Harper, Meg (Dancer)
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana (Dancer)
Neels, Sandra (Dancer)
Robinson, Chase (Dancer)
Setterfield, Valda (Dancer)
Slayton, Jeff (Dancer)
Wong, Mel (Dancer)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Composer)
Nauman, Bruce, 1941- (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1970

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4443

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label; statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Creation/Production Credits: Music (For 1, 2 or 3 people) by Christian Wolff; decor by Bruce Nauman; costumes by Merce Cunningham.
Venue: Recorded 1970 location unknown.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 video file (20 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 898082501
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20496579
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 506e3010-9e80-0132-59c6-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tread, 1970" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/506e3010-9e80-0132-59c6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1970). Tread, 1970 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/506e3010-9e80-0132-59c6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tread, 1970" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/506e3010-9e80-0132-59c6-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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