Way station: [rehearsal]

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Title

Way station: [rehearsal]

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2001-03-19

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2966
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-455 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Apr. 19, 2001.
Biographical/Historical: Way station premiered Mar. 31, 2001, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi.
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Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (40 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

This video features a studio run-through of Way station, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment, with a studio version of the decor created for the piece by Charles Long. The run-through lasts 31 min., and the last 6 min. of the video features retakes of excerpts from the piece.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16172965
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6abd3a30-e878-0131-635b-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. "Way station: [rehearsal]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2001. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6abd3a30-e878-0131-635b-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2001). Way station: [rehearsal] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6abd3a30-e878-0131-635b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Way station: [rehearsal]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6abd3a30-e878-0131-635b-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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