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Doubles [and] Pictures: [rehearsals]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Doubles [and] Pictures

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Title
Doubles [and] Pictures: [rehearsals]
Additional title: Doubles (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Burns, Louise Ann (Dancer)
Friedman, Lise (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Greenberg, Neil, 1959- (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Lennon, Joseph (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Walker, Megan (Dancer)
Quinn, Susan (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1984
Table of Contents
Doubles A / rehearsed by Louise Burns, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Neil Greenberg, Rob Remley, Megan Walker, Susan Quinn Young (26 min.) -- Doubles B / rehearsed by Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Swinston and others (26 min.) -- Pictures / rehearsed by Louise Burns, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Neil Greenberg, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, Robert Swinston, Megan Walker, Susan Quinn Young and others (27 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1978
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-959 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Note on original container: Doubles A&B, stage right.
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, Aug. 1984.
Biographical/historical: Doubles premiered June 28, 1984 in Durham, N.C., with a musical score by Takehisa Kosugi. Pictures premiered Mar 6., 1984 in New York City, with a musical score by David Behrmann.
Content: On reel with: Squaregame, dress rehearsal (27 min.) Total time: 105 min.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features studio run-throughs of Doubles and Pictures, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment. The remainder of the video features a dress rehearsal of Squaregame filmed in 1976.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16140552
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b01b9380-b2b9-0131-5837-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1984: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Doubles [and] Pictures" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0d74d80-b2b9-0131-94b2-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Doubles [and] Pictures" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0d74d80-b2b9-0131-94b2-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). Doubles [and] Pictures Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0d74d80-b2b9-0131-94b2-3c075448cc4b

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Doubles [and] Pictures