Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2: [rehearsal]

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Title

Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2: [rehearsal]

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Caley, Thomas (Dancer)
Freebury, Jean (Dancer)
Gafner, Frédéric (Dancer)
Cole, Michael Eugene (Dancer)
Fason, Maydelle (Dancer)
Mohr, Matthew D. (Dancer)
Ogan, Banu (Dancer)
Phillips, Jared (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1997-12-09

Table Of Contents

Rondo (32 min.) -- Scenario no. 2 (43 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1991
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-446 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Note on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Dec. 9, 1997.
Biographical/Historical: Scenario premiered Oct. 14, 1997, with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Rondo premiered June 2, 1996, with a musical score by John Cage.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (75 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
The picture is very dark on some parts of the video.

Abstract

This video features run-throughs of Rondo and Scenario, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16172249
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ff385230-b2bb-0131-ea8a-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. "Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2: [rehearsal]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1997. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ff385230-b2bb-0131-ea8a-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1997). Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2: [rehearsal] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ff385230-b2bb-0131-ea8a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Rondo [and] Scenario no. 2: [rehearsal]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ff385230-b2bb-0131-ea8a-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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