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Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 17, 2003

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Title

Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 17, 2003

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Downie, Marc. (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Ingalls, James F. (Lighting designer)
Heishman, Robert (Designer)
Yass, Catherine, 1963- (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Kirschner, Mandy (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Radiohead (Musical group) (Musician)
Sigur Rós (Musical group) (Musician)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2003-10-17

Table Of Contents

Fluid canvas [excerpts] (13 min.) -- Split sides (45 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3631
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2033 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Fluid canvas. Music by John King. Video design by Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser. Lighting design by James F. Ingalls.
Creation/Production Credits: Split sides. Music by Radiohead and Sigur Ros. Decor by Robert Heishman and Catherine Yass.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, on Oct. 17, 2003.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (58 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

This performance was part of a program celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. An excerpt from Fluid canvas is filmed in close-ups. A complete performance of Split sides is filmed in wide shot.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16529335
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c33ec7b0-314e-0132-b8cf-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

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 17, 2003" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c33ec7b0-314e-0132-b8cf-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 17, 2003 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c33ec7b0-314e-0132-b8cf-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fluid canvas [and] Split sides, Oct. 17, 2003" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c33ec7b0-314e-0132-b8cf-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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