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Shards: [rehearsal]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Shards

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Title
Shards: [rehearsal]
Additional title: Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Santimyer, Kristy (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1987-02-26
Table of Contents
Shards (stage right) (26 min.) -- Shards (stage left) (26 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1963
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-975 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Feb. 26, 1987.
Biographical/historical: Shards premiered in Mar. 1987, with a musical score by David Tudor.
Content: Also includes: Points in space, rehearsal (42 min.) Total time: 94 min.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item. Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (106 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features a studio run-through of Shards, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The run-through is filmed from two angles, each showing a partial view of the studio. The first recording is in color, the second in black-and-white. The remainder of the video features a run-through of Points in space filmed in 1986.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16144143
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f209bd0-e873-0131-79ec-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1987: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Shards" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1916c60-e873-0131-1542-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Shards" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1916c60-e873-0131-1542-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). Shards Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1916c60-e873-0131-1542-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Shards