Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Cage, John
3. Barrow, Helen
4. Bartosik, Kimberly
5. Cole, Michael Eugene
6. Finlayson, Victoria
7. Good, Alan
8. Kulick, David
9. McGoldrick, Larissa
10. Sanderson, Randall
11. Swinston, Robert
12. Teitelbaum, Carol
13. Weaver, Jenifer
14. Skinner, Marsha
15. Cunningham, Merce
16. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
17. Schweizer Fernsehen DRS.

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (33 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. The first three minutes of the video features a television report in German about Merce Cunningham and John Cage's collaboration Beach birds, which premiered June 20, 1991 at the James Joyce/John Cage festival. The remainder of the video features unedited footage of a dress rehearsal for Beach birds and musicians performing the score.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Subject

1. Cunningham, Merce

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Dance.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 3152

Note

1. The picture is unstable.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

1. Costumes by Marsha Skinner.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in dress rehearsal at the James Joyce/John Cage Festival, Zurich, Switzerland, on June 20, 1991. Television segment broadcast on Schweizer Fernsehen, June 20, 1991.

Language (note)

1. In German.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Beach birds [electronic resource] : [TV coverage and] dress rehearsal / choreography by Merce Cunningham ; music by John Cage.

Imprint

1. 1991.

Country of producing entity

1. Switzerland.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Credits

1. Costumes by Marsha Skinner.

Performer

1. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, David Kulick, Larissa McGoldrick, Randall Sanderson, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum, Jenifer Weaver.

Event

1. Videotaped in dress rehearsal at the James Joyce/John Cage Festival, Zurich, Switzerland, on June 20, 1991. Television segment broadcast on Schweizer Fernsehen, June 20, 1991.

Language

1. In German.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-1360.

Access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Cage, John. Composer
3. Barrow, Helen, dancer.
4. Bartosik, Kimberly, dancer.
5. Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
6. Finlayson, Victoria, dancer.
7. Good, Alan, dancer.
8. Kulick, David, dancer.
9. McGoldrick, Larissa, dancer.
10. Sanderson, Randall, dancer.
11. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
12. Teitelbaum, Carol, dancer.
13. Weaver, Jenifer, dancer.
14. Skinner, Marsha. Costume designer
15. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
16. Schweizer Fernsehen DRS.
17. Cunningham, Merce. Beach birds.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1360 (former)