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Beach birds for camera

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Beach birds for camera

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Title
Beach birds for camera
Additional title: Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
McGoldrick, Larissa (Dancer)
Sanderson, Randall (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Teitelbaum, Carol (Dancer)
Weaver, Jenifer (Dancer)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Editor)
Cage, John (Composer)
Caplan, Elliot (Director)
Caplan, Elliot (Editor)
Caplan, Elliot (Designer)
Skinner, Martha (Designer)
Skinner, Martha (Costume designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Cunningham Dance Foundation (Donor)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991 - 1992
Place: New York
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7152 ; *MGZIDVD 5-2141 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Letterbox format. Filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios and on location at Industria Superstudio, New York, in December 1991. Produced by Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. Director: Elliot Caplan. Editors: Elliot Caplan and Merce Cunningham. Director of photography: Matthew Williams.
Creation/production credits: Music: John Cage (Four³). Design for film: Elliot Caplan, Tim Nelson, and Matthew Williams, based on the stage design by Martha Skinner.
Performers: Musicians: John D. S. Adams, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor.
Physical Description
Film reel
Extent: 3 film reels (32 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 35 mm.
Description
Cinedance version of Beach birds, a work originally presented onstage. Begins with a spoken introduction by Merce Cunningham.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY946067154-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12176140
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8cb42f20-068f-0135-1cfe-1d8273ed9ad8
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Item timeline of events

  • 1991: Created (Approximate)
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds for camera" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991 - 1992. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cb42f20-068f-0135-1cfe-1d8273ed9ad8

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds for camera" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cb42f20-068f-0135-1cfe-1d8273ed9ad8

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991 - 1992). Beach birds for camera Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cb42f20-068f-0135-1cfe-1d8273ed9ad8

Wikipedia Citation

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Beach birds for camera