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Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents: [rehearsals]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents

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Title
Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents: [rehearsals]
Additional title: Gallopade (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Suite for five (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Aeon (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Cross currents (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Burns, Louise Ann (Dancer)
Emery, Susan (Dancer)
Friedman, Lise (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Lazaroff, Judy (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1981 - 1982
Table of Contents
Gallopade (stage right) / rehearsed by Catherine Kerr, Merce Cunningham, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Judy Lazaroff, Rob Remley and others (18 min.) -- Gallopade (stage left) / rehearsed by same cast as stage right (17 min.) -- Suite for five [excerpts] / rehearsed by Louise Burns, Susan Emery, Lise Friedman, Chris Komar, and others (10 min.) -- Aeon [excerpts] / rehearsed by Susan Emery, Lise Friedman and others (7 min.) -- Cross currents / rehearsed by Chris Komar and others (7 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1968
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-952 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, May 1982 (Gallopade) and Nov. 1981 (Suite, Aeon, Cross currents)
Biographical/historical: Gallopade premiered June 10, 1981, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Excerpts from Suite for five, Aeon and Cross currents may have been performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Studio Events in Dec. 1981. Cross currents was performed by U.S. Terpsichore in Nov. 1981, staged by Chris Komar.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Very poor picture quality.
Description
This video contains four studio run-throughs. Gallopade is filmed from two different angles.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16140543
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 675b72d0-b2b9-0131-a962-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1981: Issued (Approximate)
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  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981 - 1982. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/675b72d0-b2b9-0131-a962-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/675b72d0-b2b9-0131-a962-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981 - 1982). Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/675b72d0-b2b9-0131-a962-3c075448cc4b

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Gallopade, Suite [for five], Aeon, [and] Cross currents