Sounddance

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Title

Sounddance

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Interviewee)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Interviewee)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Mizuta, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Interviewee)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Interviewee)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Interviewee)
Winant, William (Interviewee)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2006-03-31

Table Of Contents

Sounddance (19 min.) -- Post-performance discussion (27 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3135
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2077 (former)

Subjects

Cunningham, Merce
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Interviews

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Music by David Tudor. Decor and costumes by Mark Lancaster.
Performers: Participants in post-performance discussion: Merce Cunningham, David Vaughan, Jonah Bokaer, Jennifer Goggans, William Winant, Christian Wolff, Andrea Weber, Daniel Squire.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., Mar. 31, 2006.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (46 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

The performance of Sounddance is followed by a post-performance discussion with Cunningham, company dancers and musicians, speaking about the choreography, music and aspects of performance.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16529461
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a13e9d0-3141-0132-179a-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. "Sounddance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a13e9d0-3141-0132-179a-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). Sounddance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a13e9d0-3141-0132-179a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Sounddance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a13e9d0-3141-0132-179a-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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