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How to pass, kick, fall and run: [rehearsal]

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Title

How to pass, kick, fall and run: [rehearsal]

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2002-11-21
Date Created: 2003-01-23

Table Of Contents

How to pass... (group 1) / rehearsed by Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jean Freebury, [Daniel Aguzzoli Roberts?], Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston (25 min.) -- How to pass... (group 2) / rehearsed by Cédric Andrieux, Ashley Chen, Jean Freebury, Mandy Kirschner, Koji Minato, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston and others (24 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2969
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-418 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Note on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Nov. 21, 2002 (group 1) and Jan. 23, 2003 (group 2).
Biographical/Historical: How to pass, kick, fall and run, which premiered in 1965, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's 50th anniversay celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival, July 2002.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item.Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

This video features two studio run-throughs of How to pass..., in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment, by alternate casts.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16146388
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9c818a20-e878-0131-ecbc-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. "How to pass, kick, fall and run: [rehearsal]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c818a20-e878-0131-ecbc-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). How to pass, kick, fall and run: [rehearsal] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c818a20-e878-0131-ecbc-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "How to pass, kick, fall and run: [rehearsal]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c818a20-e878-0131-ecbc-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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