BIPED
Our collections include some content that may be harmful or difficult to view. Learn more.
Data source:
Research CatalogView IIIF Manifest
Link to Item ManifestItem data
Title
BIPED
Collection
Merce Cunningham Video Archive
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Fason, Maydelle (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Kulick, David (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)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1999-04
Place: Berkeley, CA
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1838
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Content: Filmed in wide shot. The picture is dark.
Creation/Production Credits: Decor by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Venue: Videotaped in performance in Berkeley, Calif., in Apr. 1999.
Creation/Production Credits: The decor for BIPED was developed from the motion-capture animation project Hand-drawn spaces by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar, with choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16304114
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3184e80-352b-0131-81d4-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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).
Type Of Resource
Cite this item
MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "BIPED" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3184e80-352b-0131-81d4-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. BIPED Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3184e80-352b-0131-81d4-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "BIPED" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3184e80-352b-0131-81d4-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3184e80-352b-0131-81d4-3c075448cc4b | title= (moving image) BIPED | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=November 9, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>