Trackers [excerpts]

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Title

Trackers [excerpts]

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Bradshaw, Dove (Costume designer)
Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo (Composer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Sanderson, Randall (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Navar, Emily (Dancer)
Teitelbaum, Carol (Dancer)
Weaver, Jenifer (Dancer)
Wood, Robert (Dancer)
Diamond, Emma (Dancer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Dancer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Musician)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1991-03-19

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3714
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-905 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Note on original container: For CNN news report.
Creation/Production Credits: Decor: Dove Bradshaw.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at City Center, New York, on Mar. 19, 1991.
Biographical/Historical: Trackers was the first dance piece created by Merce Cunningham using Life Forms software. The excerpts on this tape were compiled for a CNN science news report on the software.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam-SP) (20 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-F10677
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16111202
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2557980-4b49-0133-c49b-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Trackers [excerpts]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2557980-4b49-0133-c49b-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Trackers [excerpts] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2557980-4b49-0133-c49b-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Trackers [excerpts]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2557980-4b49-0133-c49b-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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