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Title
Windows, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance
Additional title: Windows (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Occasion piece (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo (Composer)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Fason, Maydelle (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Kulick, David (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Rumsey, Glen (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Johns, Jasper, 1930- (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Eshkar, Paul (Designer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company ()
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1999-07-24
Table of Contents
Windows / performed by Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, David Kulick, Koji Minato, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (33 min.) -- BIPED / performed by Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, David Kulick, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (49 min.) -- Occasion piece / performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Merce Cunningham (10 min.) -- Sounddance / performed by Robert Swinston, Jeannie Steele, Koji Minato, Thomas Caley, Jean Freebury, Banu Ogan, David Kulick, Glen Rumsey, Cheryl Therrien, Lisa Boudreau (20 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1842
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-385 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Shots of the program for the performance appear at the beginning of the video.
Creation/production credits: BIPED. Music by Gavin Bryars (Biped). Decor by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/production credits: Occasion piece. Music by John Cage (Music for Marcel Duchamp). Decor by Jasper Johns (after Marcel Duchamp's Large glass; originally created for Walkaround time). Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/production credits: Sounddance. Music by David Tudor. Decor and costumes by Mark Lancaster.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the New York State Theater, New York City, during the Lincoln Center Festival, on July 24, 1999.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16304121
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c6b3fae0-e865-0131-65c9-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Windows, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca138810-e865-0131-2d09-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Windows, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca138810-e865-0131-2d09-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1999). Windows, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca138810-e865-0131-2d09-3c075448cc4b

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Windows, BIPED, Occasion piece, [and] Sounddance