Arcade, Pictures, [and] Fabrications

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Title

Arcade, Pictures, [and] Fabrications

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo (Composer)
Bradshaw, Dove (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Designer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
O'Connor, Dennis. (Dancer)
Radford, Karen, 1957- (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Santimyer, Kristy (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Teitelbaum, Carol (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1987-05-02

Table Of Contents

Arcade / performed by Helen Barrow, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Dennis O'Connor, Karen Radford, Rob Remley, Kristy Santimyer, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum (23 min.) -- Pictures / performed by Helen Barrow, Merce Cunningham, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Dennis O'Connor, Karen Radford, Rob Remley, Kristy Santimyer, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum (32 min.) -- Fabrications / performed by same cast as Pictures (34 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3110
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-350 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Filmed in wide shot. The picture is very dark on some parts of the tape.
Creation/Production Credits: Arcade. Music by John Cage (Etudes boreales). Decor by Dove Bradshaw.
Creation/Production Credits: Pictures. Music by David Behrman (Interspecies small talk). Decor and lighting by Mark Lancaster.
Creation/Production Credits: Fabrications. Music by Emanuel de Melo Pimenta. Decor by Dove Bradshaw.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Meany Hall, Seattle, Wash., on May 2, 1987.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16295834
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 605804f0-e880-0131-1c1f-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. "Arcade, Pictures, [and] Fabrications" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/605804f0-e880-0131-1c1f-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). Arcade, Pictures, [and] Fabrications Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/605804f0-e880-0131-1c1f-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Arcade, Pictures, [and] Fabrications" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/605804f0-e880-0131-1c1f-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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