BIPED [and] MinEvent

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Title

BIPED [and] MinEvent

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Collwes, Brandon (Dancer)
Cunningham, Julie Dawn (Dancer)
Desjardins, Emma (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2006-05-12

Table Of Contents

BIPED (50 min.) -- MinEvent (40 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3139
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2083 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Filmed in wide shot.
Creation/Production Credits: BIPED. Music by Gavin Bryars. Decor by Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar. Lighting by Aaron Copp. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy, on May 12, 2006.
Biographical/Historical: Merce Cunningham's Events are full evening presentations consisting of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated. MinEvents are shorter pieces following the same guidelines.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (90 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16549405
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ade9d7a0-3141-0132-4dd1-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "BIPED [and] MinEvent" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ade9d7a0-3141-0132-4dd1-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). BIPED [and] MinEvent Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ade9d7a0-3141-0132-4dd1-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "BIPED [and] MinEvent" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ade9d7a0-3141-0132-4dd1-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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