Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Komar, Chris
3. Kovich, Robert
4. Eginton, Meg
5. Lennon, Joseph
6. Friedman, Lise
7. Good, Alan
8. Remley, Rob
9. Armitage, Karole
10. Lazaroff, Judy
11. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (100 min.) : si., b&w

Summary

1. This video contains studio run-throughs of Roadrunners and Channels/inserts. Each piece is recorded twice, filmed from different angles. Some angles do not show the entire studio.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Uniform title

1. Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Channels/Inserts (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. Roadrunners (stage right) (22 min.) -- Roadrunners (stage left) (23 min.) -- Channels/Inserts (stage right) (27 min.) -- Channels/Inserts (stage left) (28 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 1964

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 1979 (Roadrunners) and Mar. 1981 (Channels/Inserts).

Biography (note)

1. Roadrunners premiered June 19, 1979 with a musical score by Yasunao Tone. The stage version of Channels/inserts (originally created as a videodance) premiered Mar. 1981 with a musical score by David Tudor.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Roadrunners [and] Channels/Inserts [electronic resource] : [rehearsals] / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

1. 1979-1981.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

1. Roadrunners. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Merce Cunningham, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Joseph Lennon, Meg Eginton, and others.
2. Channels/Inserts. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Chris Komar, Rob Remley, Joseph Lennon, Judy Lazaroff, Karole Armitage, and others.

Event

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 1979 (Roadrunners) and Mar. 1981 (Channels/Inserts).

Biography

1. Roadrunners premiered June 19, 1979 with a musical score by Yasunao Tone. The stage version of Channels/inserts (originally created as a videodance) premiered Mar. 1981 with a musical score by David Tudor.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-948.
2. Transferred from original 1/2 in. open reels by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation. Poor picture quality.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.
2. Komar, Chris, dancer.
3. Kovich, Robert, dancer.
4. Eginton, Meg, dancer.
5. Lennon, Joseph, dancer.
6. Friedman, Lise, dancer.
7. Good, Alan, dancer.
8. Remley, Rob, dancer.
9. Armitage, Karole, dancer.
10. Lazaroff, Judy, dancer.
11. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Added title

1. Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Channels/Inserts (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-948 (former)