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Items Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City

Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City

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Title
Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City
Additional title: Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Doubles (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Eleven (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Grange eve (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Brown, Trisha, 1936- (Speaker)
Cunningham, Merce (Speaker)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-01-31
Date Created: 1988-03-20
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5083
Topics
Award presentations
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label.
Venue: Recorded 1988 New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Hi8) (121 min) : sound, color ; 8mm
Description
In the first content within the file, Merce Cunningham is presented with the Dance USA National Honor Award for 1988, giving a brief acceptance speech after being introduced by Trisha Brown. Following this, the content shifts to performances of the pieces Pictures (10:33), Doubles (42:10), Eleven (partial, 1:08:30) and Grange Eve (1:36:10), given by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company during their March, 1988 season at the Joyce Theater.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 980347777
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21207853
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0fd8b40-2d42-0137-f36c-0a37aede276b
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  • 1988: Created (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988 - 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d9067de0-aa17-0133-ab91-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d9067de0-aa17-0133-ab91-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988 - 1988). Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d9067de0-aa17-0133-ab91-60f81dd2b63c

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Dance USA National Honor Award given to Merce Cunningham, 1988-01-31; Performance of Pictures (3/17/1988); Performances of Doubles, Eleven (partial) and Grange Eve (all 3/20/1988), at the Joyce Theater, New York City