Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 15, 2006

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Title

Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 15, 2006

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cage, John (Composer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Costume designer)
Anastasi, William, 1933- (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Collwes, Brandon (Dancer)
Cunningham, Julie Dawn (Dancer)
Desjardins, Emma (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2006-03-15

Table Of Contents

Suite for five / performed by Cedric Andrieux, Lisa Boudreau, Jennifer Goggans, Rashaun Mitchell, Andrea Weber (26 min.) -- Intermission (5 min.) -- Native green / performed by Jonah Bokaer, Julie Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Daniel Squire (19 min.) -- BIPED / performed by full company (38 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3132
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2074 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: ILS Update test - AS
Creation/Production Credits: Suite for five. Music by John Cage. Costumes by Robert Rauschenberg.
Creation/Production Credits: Native green. Music by John King. Decor and costumes by William Anastasi.
Creation/Production Credits: BIPED. Music by Gavin Bryars. Decor by Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar. Lighting by Aaron Copp. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, Mar. 15, 2006.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 86111849
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16529456
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62311e20-6460-0132-9a48-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 15, 2006" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62311e20-6460-0132-9a48-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 15, 2006 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62311e20-6460-0132-9a48-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 15, 2006" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62311e20-6460-0132-9a48-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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