The performance of Pictures is followed by an interview with Merce Cunningham. In the interview, he discusses topics such as his first trip to Paris and the program he presented that summer. He goes on to recount some anomalies from his next Paris performance, some years after the first. He closes with a few thoughts on the state of dance in Paris.
Alternative title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Genre/Form
Dance.
Music.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Contents
Pictures (12 min.) -- Interview (4 min.)
Call number
*MGZIDF 3582
Note
Title, statement of responsibility and credits taken from documents provided by Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Interview date unknown.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Music (Interspecies Smalltalk) written by David Behrman and performed by Takehisa Kosugi and Michael Pugliese; set, costume and lighting design by Mark Lancaster.
System details (note)
Streaming video.
Source (note)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Title
Pictures [and] Cunningham documentary, 1990-9-26 / choreography by Merce Cunningham.
Production
1990.
Country of producing entity
France.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
video
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Merce Cunningham, Emma Diamond, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Larissa McGoldrick, Randall Sanderson, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum, Jenifer Weaver, Robert Wood.
Credits
Music (Interspecies Smalltalk) written by David Behrman and performed by Takehisa Kosugi and Michael Pugliese; set, costume and lighting design by Mark Lancaster.
Event
Recorded 1990 September 26 Theatre de la Ville, Paris, France.
System details
Streaming video.
Original version
Original format: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) ; 1/2 in.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.