Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Bryars, Gavin.
3. Eshkar, Shelley.
4. Kaiser, Paul, 1956-
5. Gallo, Suzanne.
6. Copp, Aaron.
7. Swinston, Robert
8. Steele, Jeannie K.
9. Cunningham, Merce.
10. Swinston, Robert.
11. Vaughan, David, 1924-
12. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
13. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
14. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (68 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features a panel discussion on the Merce Cunningham dance Biped, preceded by an excerpt from the piece, which combines live dancers with digital images. Panelists discuss the application of computer technology to choreography, specifically the Character Studio software used to capture the dancers' movements, rendering animated three-dimensional images that serve as both notation and as visual counterpoint in Biped. During the panel, the dancers demonstrate the motion capture process in front of a large monitor. The discussion is followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 119.

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Video
2. Cunningham, Merce
3. Computer animation
4. Computers > Dance applications
5. Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
6. Dance
7. Dance notation

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1120

Credits (note)

1. Dance excerpts choreographed by Merce Cunningham. Music: Gavin Bryars. Costumes: Suzanne Gallo. Decor: Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser. Lighting: Aaron Copp.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 23 and 24, 1999. (Viewer copy is May 23, 1999.)

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

1. Biped debuted in April 1999 at University of California-Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall.

Title

1. Biped [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 1999.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 119.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Dance excerpts choreographed by Merce Cunningham. Music: Gavin Bryars. Costumes: Suzanne Gallo. Decor: Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser. Lighting: Aaron Copp.

Performer

1. Dance excerpts performed by Jeannie Steele and Robert Swinston. Panelists: Merce Cunningham, Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar. Moderator: David Vaughan.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 23 and 24, 1999. (Viewer copy is May 23, 1999.)

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

1. Biped debuted in April 1999 at University of California-Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall.

Local subject

1. Computers -- Dance applications.

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Bryars, Gavin. Composer
3. Eshkar, Shelley. Designer
4. Kaiser, Paul, 1956- Designer
5. Gallo, Suzanne. Costume designer
6. Copp, Aaron. Lighting designer
7. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
8. Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.
9. Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
10. Eshkar, Shelley. Interviewee
11. Kaiser, Paul, 1956- Interviewee
12. Swinston, Robert. Interviewee
13. Steele, Jeannie K. Interviewee
14. Vaughan, David, 1924- Moderator
15. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
16. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
17. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1120