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Beacon event: performance and post-performance discussion, 2008-01-12

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Title
Beacon event: performance and post-performance discussion, 2008-01-12
Additional title: Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Cooke, Lynne (Interviewer)
Carlson, Trevor (Speaker)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2008-01-12
Table of Contents
Opening announcements from Trevor Carlson (3 min.) -- Event performance (40 min.) -- post-performance discussion [part 1] (50 min.) -- post-performance discussion [part 2] (3 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3664
Topics
Choreography
Aleatory music
Art -- 20th century
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title, statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Content: Note on original container: "Left room".
Venue: Recorded 2008 January 12 The Warhol Room, DIA: Beacon Riggio Galleries, Beacon, New York.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (MiniDV) (97 min.) : sound, color
Description
This recording shows the left stage of an Event that took place on two adjacent stages, separated by a doorway. The Warhol Room is shown. Following this Event, DIA Arts Foundation curator Lynne Cooke interviews Merce Cunningham. In the interview, Merce Cunningham discusses the origin of his Events, the first Event performance in Vienna and the audience's reaction to that performance. He goes on to discuss some of the more unconventional performance spaces in which his Events took place throughout the years, how he structures the Events and his use of chance operations, among other topics. The interview is followed by questions from the audience.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 897053957
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20488473
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a4a76910-66a5-0132-f3f4-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beacon event" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2008. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac2c3160-66a5-0132-a1ef-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beacon event" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac2c3160-66a5-0132-a1ef-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2008). Beacon event Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac2c3160-66a5-0132-a1ef-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Beacon event