Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Barrow, Helen
3. Bartosik, Kimberly
4. Cole, Michael Eugene
5. Diamond, Emma
6. Gafner, Frédéric
7. Good, Alan
8. Kulick, David
9. Lent, Patricia
10. Swinston, Robert
11. Weaver, Jenifer
12. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
13. Rambert Dance Company.

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (98 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This disc contains two run-throughs of the trio section from Torse, and three run-throughs of Touchbase, by two casts of Cunningham dancers and the Rambert Dance Company cast. The rehearsal is filmed from an angle that does not show the entire studio. For another recording of the same rehearsal filmed from a different angle (stage left), see *MGZIDVD 5-996.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Uniform title

1. Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Touchbase (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Genre/Form

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

Contents

1. Torse trio [first run-through] / rehearsed by Alan Good, David Kulick and [Victoria Finlayson?] (6 min.) -- Torse trio [second run-through] / rehearsed by same cast as first run-through (6 min.) -- Touchbase / rehearsed by Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Robert Swinston, and others (29 min.) -- Touchbase / rehearsed by members of Rambert Dance (29 min.) -- Touchbase / rehearsed by Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, Jenifer Weaver and others (28 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-996

Note

1. Note on original container: stage left.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on May 29, 1992.

Biography (note)

1. Touchbase was commissioned and premiered by Rambert Dance Company in June 1992. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company premiered Touchbase in Mar. 1993. Touchbase had a musical score by Michael Pugliese.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Torse trio [and] Touchbase [videorecording] : rehearsal / choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Imprint

1. 1992.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

1. Rehearsed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Emma Diamond, Frédéric Gafner, Alan Good, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Robert Swinston, Jenifer Weaver, and by members of Rambert Dance, probably Shelley Baker, Steven Brett, Amanda Britton, Alexandra Dyer, Paul Old, Susan Warsop, Glenn Wilsinson.

Event

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on May 29, 1992.

Biography

1. Touchbase was commissioned and premiered by Rambert Dance Company in June 1992. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company premiered Touchbase in Mar. 1993. Touchbase had a musical score by Michael Pugliese.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
2. Barrow, Helen, dancer.
3. Bartosik, Kimberly, dancer.
4. Cole, Michael Eugene, dancer.
5. Diamond, Emma, dancer.
6. Gafner, Frédéric, dancer.
7. Good, Alan, dancer.
8. Kulick, David, dancer.
9. Lent, Patricia, dancer.
10. Swinston, Robert, dancer.
11. Weaver, Jenifer, dancer.
12. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
13. Rambert Dance Company.

Added title

1. Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Touchbase (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-996