Ocean, 2007-03-03

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Title

Ocean, 2007-03-03

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Collwes, Brandon (Dancer)
Toogood, Melissa (Dancer)
Desjardins, Emma (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Mizuta, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Culver, Andrew, 1953- (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Behrman, David (Instrumentalist)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Skinner, Marsha (Designer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Copp, Aaron (Lighting designer)
Florida Classical Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2007-03-03

Table Of Contents

Camera prep / dice roll (25 min.) -- Ocean (69 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3648

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title, statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Content: The performance begins approximately 25 min. into video; the end is clipped.
Creation/Production Credits: Music composed by Andrew Culver (Ocean 1-133) and David Tudor (Soundings: Ocean Diary) and performed by Florida Classical Orchestra, David Behrman, John King and Takehisa Kosugi; decor by Marsha Skinner; costumes by Suzanne Gallo; lighting by Aaron Copp.
Venue: Recorded 2003 March 3 Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (94 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 897054182
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20488476
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 81707ab0-66a5-0132-1bc7-3c075448cc4b

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, 2007-03-03" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2007. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/81707ab0-66a5-0132-1bc7-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2007). Ocean, 2007-03-03 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/81707ab0-66a5-0132-1bc7-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ocean, 2007-03-03" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/81707ab0-66a5-0132-1bc7-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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