Ocean: rehearsal, July 8, 2005

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Title

Ocean: rehearsal, July 8, 2005

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Cunningham, Julie Dawn (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Mizuta, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2005-07-08

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3562
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2106 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance
Rehearsals

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: The picture is very dark. The camera is immobile and does not capture all of the dancers. For another recording of the same rehearsal with better picture quality, see *MGZIDVD 5-2107.
Content: Note on orig. container: taped from the door.
Venue: Recorded in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, without music, at the Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York City, on July 8, 2005.
Biographical/Historical: Ocean was originally conceived by Merce Cunningham and John Cage, based on the writings of James Joyce. It was completed after Cage's death with music by Andrew Culver and David Tudor, based on Cage's ideas. It premiered at the Cirque Royal, Belgium, May 18, 1994.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (S-VHS) (90 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16547425
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 739d67c0-314b-0132-d9d3-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean: rehearsal, July 8, 2005" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/739d67c0-314b-0132-d9d3-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Ocean: rehearsal, July 8, 2005 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/739d67c0-314b-0132-d9d3-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean: rehearsal, July 8, 2005" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/739d67c0-314b-0132-d9d3-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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