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Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt]: wide shot, 1977-10

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt]

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Title
Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt]: wide shot, 1977-10
Additional title: Summerspace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Inlets (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Armitage, Karole (Dancer)
Cornfield, Ellen (Dancer)
Fox, Lisa (Dancer)
Harper, Meg (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Costume designer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Lighting designer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Set designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977-10
Table of Contents
Summerspace (23 min.) -- Inlets (6 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1821
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title and statement of responsibility provided by cataloger, based on program available in *MGZMD 196.
Content: Time code visible in bottom right of picture.
Content: This performance is silent, but some faint recording studio sounds from the open reel-to-VHS transfer process are audible.
Creation/production credits: Scenery, costumes and lighting by Robert Rauschenberg; reproduced by Suzanne Joelson and Greg Hull.
Venue: Recorded 1977 October Théâtre des Amandiers in the Maison de la Culture at Nanterre, France.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videotape reel
Extent: 1 videotape reel (29 min.) : silent, black & white ; 1/2 in.
Description
This performance was filmed in wide shot. For footage of the same performance in close shot, see *MGZIDF 1830. This video also features an excerpt of Inlets; see *MGZIDF 1826 for a full version of this performance.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20279797
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): da650510-314a-0132-32a2-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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).

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc11e890-314a-0132-b827-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc11e890-314a-0132-b827-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc11e890-314a-0132-b827-3c075448cc4b

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Summerspace, Inlets [excerpt]