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Event no. 123, 1975-03-05

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Title

Event no. 123, 1975-03-05

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Behrman, David (Instrumentalist)
Attix, Karen (Dancer)
Cornfield, Ellen (Dancer)
Harper, Meg (Dancer)
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana (Dancer)
Kerr, Cathy (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Mehl, Brynar (Dancer)
Moulton, Charles, 1954- (Dancer)
Roess-Smith, Julie (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1975-03-05

Table Of Contents

Signals stick trio (in progress): MC, EC, CM -- Signals septet (partial): MC, EC, CM, CK, SHC, MH / Changing steps floor duet (in part): BM, KA -- Signals septet (last section of eights through to end) -- Changing steps leg duet (in progress): CM, SHC / Changing steps pull out (in progress): RK, CAK -- MC solo -- Changing steps quartet (partial): CAK, RK, MH, CK -- Sounddance (middle section quartet): EC, CM, BM, RK / Sounddance (slow septet): SHC, MH / Sounddance (cut to seaweed quartet): BM, EC, JRS, CAK -- MC solo -- Westbeth (solo): MH / Westbeth (duet): MH, CM / Westbeth (end of duet): CK, KA / Four couples exit -- TV rerun: Entire Company (Contents taken from handwritten note enclosed in original container.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1939

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title, statement of responsibility and credits taken from house program available in *MGZMD 196.
Content: Title on original container: "Williams College Event #2."
Content: Time code visible in bottom right of picture.
Creation/Production Credits: Musical accompaniment by John Cage, David Tudor and David Behrman.
Venue: Recorded 1975 March 5 Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reel (33 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

This Event includes material from Signals, Changing steps, Sounddance, Westbeth and TV rerun.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20230615
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 66555270-313e-0132-184a-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. "Event no. 123, 1975-03-05" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66555270-313e-0132-184a-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). Event no. 123, 1975-03-05 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66555270-313e-0132-184a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Event no. 123, 1975-03-05" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66555270-313e-0132-184a-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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