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Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08

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Title
Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08
Additional title: Totem ancestor (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1999-02-08
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4829
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on research and digital filename; credits taken from research.
Venue: Recorded 1999, February 8. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (7 min.) : sound, color
Description
A reconstruction, by then student dancer and future Merce Cunningham Dance Company member Daniel Roberts, of the early (1942) Cunningham work Totem Ancestor. Cunningham worked with Roberts, recreating his original choreography from memory.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 930141688
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20843149
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78b4f560-8435-0134-fcf7-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1999: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/52329260-a9a9-0133-db12-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/52329260-a9a9-0133-db12-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1999). Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/52329260-a9a9-0133-db12-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Totem Ancestor Restaging, Ohio State University, 1999-02-08