Battery Park event: rehearsal and show clips

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Title

Battery Park event: rehearsal and show clips

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
Behrman, David (Composer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Lewis, George, 1943- (Composer)
Rosenfeld, Marina (Composer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Cunningham, Julie Dawn (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2005-09-09

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3694
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2069 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance
Rehearsals

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: V.P.M. DVD and corresponding digital file are dated (possibly misdated) 9/16/2005.
Creation/Production Credits: Lighting design: Megan Byrne. Costume design: James Hall.
Venue: Recorded in performance in Battery Park, New York City, on Sept. 9, 2005.
Biographical/Historical: Merce Cunningham's Events consist of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (24 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

This video features footage of rehearsal, set up and performance of an outdoor Event in Battery Park.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16529440
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51f51800-3152-0132-c1b6-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Battery Park event: rehearsal and show clips" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51f51800-3152-0132-c1b6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Battery Park event: rehearsal and show clips Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51f51800-3152-0132-c1b6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Battery Park event: rehearsal and show clips" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51f51800-3152-0132-c1b6-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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