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Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 14, 2003

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Fluid canvas [and] Split sides

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Title
Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 14, 2003
Additional title: Fluid canvas (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Split sides (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Downie, Marc. (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Ingalls, James F. (Lighting designer)
Heishman, Robert (Designer)
Yass, Catherine, 1963- (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Kirschner, Mandy (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 (Presenter)
Radiohead (Musical group) (Musician)
Sigur Rós (Musical group) (Musician)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2003-10-14
Table of Contents
Introduction (4 min.) -- Fluid canvas (31 min.) -- Split sides (43 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3627
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2092 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Filmed in close shot.
Content: The recording of Fluid canvas is very dark.
Creation/production credits: Fluid canvas. Music by John King. Video design by Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser. Lighting design by James F. Ingalls.
Creation/production credits: Split sides. Music by Radiohead and Sigur Ros. Decor by Robert Heishman and Catherine Yass.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, on Oct. 14, 2003.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (78 min.) : sound, color
Description
This performance was part of a program celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The recording begins with Merce Cunningham and Carolyn Brown, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, James Hall and others casting dice to determine the order of music, decor and costumes for Split sides. The performance of Fluid canvas begins at 4 min. into the video.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16549364
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6ec63050-314e-0132-a986-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fluid canvas [and] Split sides" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fc1a680-314e-0132-de81-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fluid canvas [and] Split sides" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fc1a680-314e-0132-de81-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). Fluid canvas [and] Split sides Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fc1a680-314e-0132-de81-3c075448cc4b

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Fluid canvas [and] Split sides