Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Cage, John
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
5. Hinrichs, John
6. Crossman, Dylan
7. Scott, Jamie (Dancer)
8. Toogood, Melissa
9. Tilles, Nurit
10. Ward, Penny
11. Bernadi, François
12. Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group
13. New York Public Library. Dance Division
14. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (101 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Event
2. Sonatas and interludes

Subject

1. Exhibitions > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Event [rehearsal] (ca. 2 min.) -- Event [performance with closing remarks by Jacqueline Z. Davis] (ca. 12 min.) / choreography, Merce Cunningham ; music, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor ; performed by the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group.
2. Sonatas and interludes (complete) [performance] (ca. 83 min.) / introduction by Jacqueline Z. Davis and Nurit Tilles ; music, John Cage ; performed on the prepared piano by Nurit Tilles.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3606

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Cunningham Dance Foundation, John Cage Trust, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division.
2. The performances were presented in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Invention : Merce Cunningham & collaborators, presented from June 19 through Oct. 13, 2007 at the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center.
3. This Cunningham Event was created for the plaza lobby of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
4. Nurit Tilles (pianist for Sonatas and interludes) discusses how John Cage created the prepared piano and allows audience members to play the prepared piano.

Credits (note)

1. Videographer, Penny Ward ; editor, François Bernadi.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at the plaza lobby, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on Oct. 2, 2007.

Funding (note)

1. The exhibition was made possible, in part, through the generous support of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro.
2. Additional support was provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the John Cage Trust.
3. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman.
4. Additional support for exhibitions was provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg, Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.
5. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Closing day performances [videorecording] : Event [and] Sonatas and interludes.

Imprint

1. c2007.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at the plaza lobby, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on Oct. 2, 2007.

Credits

1. Videographer, Penny Ward ; editor, François Bernadi.

Performer

1. Event danced by Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group: Dylan Crossman, John Hinrichs, Jamie Scott, Melissa Toogood.
2. Sonatas and interludes (complete) performed by pianist Nurit Tilles.

Funding

1. The exhibition was made possible, in part, through the generous support of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro.
2. Additional support was provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the John Cage Trust.
3. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman.
4. Additional support for exhibitions was provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg, Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.
5. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Cage, John. Sonatas and interludes, piano. Selections.
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Composer
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Composer
5. Hinrichs, John, dancer.
6. Crossman, Dylan, dancer.
7. Scott, Jamie (Dancer), dancer.
8. Toogood, Melissa, dancer.
9. Tilles, Nurit. Instrumentalist
10. Ward, Penny, videographer.
11. Bernadi, François, editor of moving image work.
12. Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group.
13. New York Public Library. Dance Division.
14. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Added title

1. Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3606