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August pace, Inventions [and] Field and figures: [rehearsal]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Title
August pace, Inventions [and] Field and figures: [rehearsal]
Additional title: August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Inventions (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
O'Connor, Dennis. (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Teitelbaum, Carol (Dancer)
Weaver, Jenifer (Dancer)
Wood, Robert (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989-10-17
Table of Contents
August pace / rehearsed by Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Dennis O'Connor, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum, Jenifer Weaver, Robert Wood (30 min.) -- Inventions / rehearsed by same cast as August pace (30 min.) -- Field and figures / rehearsed by same cast as August pace, without Alan Good (32 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2888
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-431 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Note on original container: camera right.
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Oct. 17, 1989.
Biographical/historical: August pace and Inventions both premiered on Sept. 22, 1989 at the University of California at Berkeley, with musical scores by Michael Pugliese (August pace) and John Cage (Inventions). Field and figures premiered on Feb. 18, 1989 at the Walker Art Center, with a musical score by Ivan Tcherepnin.
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Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (93 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features run-throughs of August pace, Inventions and Field and figures, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. Approximately 2-3 min. of additional run-throughs of excerpts appear at the end of each run-through.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16172224
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6f8beba0-b2ba-0131-c577-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "August pace, Inventions [and] Field and figures" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6f8beba0-b2ba-0131-c577-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "August pace, Inventions [and] Field and figures" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6f8beba0-b2ba-0131-c577-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). August pace, Inventions [and] Field and figures Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6f8beba0-b2ba-0131-c577-3c075448cc4b

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August pace, Inventions [and] Field and figures