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Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance

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Title
Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance
Additional title: Summerspace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Occasion piece (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987 (Composer)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Calvert, Stacey (Dancer)
Houston, Kipling (Dancer)
Ritter, Alexander (Dancer)
Tracey, Kathleen, 1969- (Dancer)
Ringer, Jenifer (Dancer)
Karz, Zippora (Dancer)
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Fason, Maydelle (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Rumsey, Glen (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Designer)
Johns, Jasper, 1930- (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company ()
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1999-07-21
Table of Contents
Summerspace / performed by Stacey Calvert, Kilping Houston, Zippora Karz, Jenifer Ringer, Alexander Ritter, Kathleen Tracey (26 min.) -- BIPED / performed by Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, David Kulick, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (49 min.) -- Occasion piece / performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Merce Cunningham (10 min.) -- Sounddance / performed by Robert Swinston, Jeannie Steele, Koji Minato, Thomas Caley, Jean Freebury, Banu Ogan, David Kulick, Glen Rumsey, Cheryl Therrien, Lisa Boudreau (20 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1839
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-383 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Shots of the program for the performance appear at the beginning of the video.
Creation/production credits: Summerspace. Music by Morton Feldman (Ixion). Decor and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg.
Creation/production credits: BIPED. Music by Gavin Bryars (Biped). Decor by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/production credits: Occasion piece. Music by John Cage (Music for Marcel Duchamp). Decor by Jasper Johns (after Marcel Duchamp's Large glass; originally created for Walkaround time). Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/production credits: Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Decor and costumes by Mark Lancaster.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the New York State Theater, New York City, during the Lincoln Center Festival, on July 21, 1999.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16304124
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8cc7d1b0-e860-0131-f4c8-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f61b120-e860-0131-d5f0-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f61b120-e860-0131-d5f0-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1999). Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f61b120-e860-0131-d5f0-3c075448cc4b

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Summerspace, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance