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Rune, Occasion piece, Pond way, [and] Ground level overlay

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Title

Rune, Occasion piece, Pond way, [and] Ground level overlay

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Composer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Eno, Brian, 1948- (Composer)
Dempster, Stuart (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)
Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997 (Designer)
Drew, Leonardo (Designer)
Gallo, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Lancaster, Mark, 1938- (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1999-07-25

Table Of Contents

Rune / performed by Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Jean Freebury, Matthew Mohr, Derry Swan, Cheryl Therrien (31 min.) -- Occasion piece / performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Merce Cunningham (10 min.) -- Pond way / performed by Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Glen Rumsey, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (24 min.) -- Ground level overlay / 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, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien (36 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1843
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-386 (former)

Subjects

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: Rune. Music by Christian Wolff (Or four people.) Scenery and lighting by Mark Lancaster. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/Production Credits: Occasion piece. Music by John Cage (Music for Marcel Duchamp). Scenery by Jasper Johns (after Marcel Duchamp's Large glass; originally created for Walkaround time). Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/Production Credits: Pond way. Music by Brian Eno (New Ikebukuro). Decor by Roy Lichtenstein. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Creation/Production Credits: Ground level overlay. Music by Stuart Dempster (Underground overlays). Scenery by Leonardo Drew. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the New York State Theater, New York City, during the Lincoln Center Festival, on July 25, 1999.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16304122
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1424b80-e865-0131-94d6-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Rune, Occasion piece, Pond way, [and] Ground level overlay" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1424b80-e865-0131-94d6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1999). Rune, Occasion piece, Pond way, [and] Ground level overlay Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1424b80-e865-0131-94d6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Rune, Occasion piece, Pond way, [and] Ground level overlay" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1424b80-e865-0131-94d6-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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