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Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03?

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03?

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Title
Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03?
Additional title: Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Changing steps (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections
Additional title: Exercise piece (Choreographic work : Cunningham). selections
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Armitage, Karole (Dancer)
Burns, Louise Ann (Dancer)
Cornfield, Ellen (Dancer)
Eginton, Meg (Dancer)
Emery, Susan (Dancer)
Ensminger, Morgan (Dancer)
Fox, Lisa (Dancer)
Friedman, Lise (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Self, Jim (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company ()
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Musician)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978-03
Table of Contents
Overture -- MC solo, Changing steps solos (LB, KA, ME, EC) -- Two (ME, KA, LB), Changing steps -- Exercise piece (SE, RR, Meg E, Li F) -- Changing steps duet (JS, KA / RK, EC) -- Solos (CK, LF) -- Floor duet (ME, LF/ JS, KA) -- Stomp trio (EC, JS, LF) -- Pull out duet (CK, KA / RK, LB) -- Fast duet (CK, LB / RK, EC) -- Beginning of quartet (Contents taken from handwritten note enclosed in original container.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1934
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title and statement of responsibility provided by cataloger, based on original container label.
Content: Time code visible in bottom right of picture.
Venue: Recorded 1978 March? Roundabout Theatre, New York, NY.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (18 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Sound quality poor throughout.
Description
This Event includes material from Changing steps and Exercise piece, and a solo performed by Merce Cunningham.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20212766
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 388a1e20-e87e-0131-b5a2-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1978: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40b22440-e87e-0131-2310-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03?" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40b22440-e87e-0131-2310-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03? Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40b22440-e87e-0131-2310-3c075448cc4b

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Roundabout event with David Tudor, 1978-03?