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Hand-Drawn Spaces, Single Screen Composite version, master, 1989-07-uu

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Title

Hand-Drawn Spaces, Single Screen Composite version, master, 1989-07-uu

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Girard, Michael (Programmer)
Amkraut, Susan (Programmer)
Kulvila, Ron (Sound designer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1989-07

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6767

Subjects

Dance Forms 1.0 (computer program)
Computer software
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label; credits taken from content.
Creation/Production Credits: Merce Cunningham, choreography; Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar, concept and visual design; Michael Girard, Susan Amkraut, choreography software; Ron Kulvila, sound design.
Venue: Recorded 1989, July. New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (5 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

A performance of the piece Hand-Drawn Spaces, created using the Lifeforms software. This is the single screen composite version, as opposed to the three-screen version also found in the Library's Merce Cunningham Collection.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 980348183
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21207895
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c93e4d20-771d-0136-d2b7-158feb8c2f8d

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Hand-Drawn Spaces, Single Screen Composite version, master, 1989-07-uu" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c93e4d20-771d-0136-d2b7-158feb8c2f8d

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Hand-Drawn Spaces, Single Screen Composite version, master, 1989-07-uu Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c93e4d20-771d-0136-d2b7-158feb8c2f8d

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Hand-Drawn Spaces, Single Screen Composite version, master, 1989-07-uu" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c93e4d20-771d-0136-d2b7-158feb8c2f8d

Wikipedia citation

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