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Inventions: rehearsal

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Inventions

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Title
Inventions: rehearsal
Additional title: Inventions (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989-09-17
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2885
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-592 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Note on original container: camera left, stage right.
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, on stage at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif., on Sept. 17, 1989.
Biographical/historical: Inventions premiered on Sept. 23, 1989, at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley Calif., with a musical score by John Cage.
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Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features a run-through of Inventions, rehearsed in silence.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16130226
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 52b116e0-b2ba-0131-9aa2-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1989: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Inventions" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/535ef000-b2ba-0131-3fc0-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Inventions" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/535ef000-b2ba-0131-3fc0-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Inventions Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/535ef000-b2ba-0131-3fc0-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Inventions