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Event no. 7: at the Joyce

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Event no. 7

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Title
Event no. 7: at the Joyce
Additional title: Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Designer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994-09-18
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3592
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-1346 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: The performs lasts 99 min. The remainder of the disc contains footage of workers disassembling the stage decor.
Content: Filmed in wide shot. The sound quality is poor.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York City, at an evening performance on Sept. 18, 1994.
Biographical/historical: Merce Cunningham's Events consist of a selection from his group and solo works performed to music and decor specially arranged for that event. Each event is performed only once, and not meant to be repeated.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (99 min.) : sound, color
Description
This Event includes choreographic material from Un jour ou deux, Points in space, Deli commedia, Winterbranch, Suite for five, Grange eve, Aeon, Interruption, Scramble, 4'33".
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16345954
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 755d1dd0-314a-0132-755a-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

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  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Event no. 7" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76cfb330-314a-0132-de65-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Event no. 7" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76cfb330-314a-0132-de65-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). Event no. 7 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76cfb330-314a-0132-de65-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Event no. 7