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Pond way [and] BIPED a film

Title: Pond way [and] BIPED [videorecording] : a film / by Charles Atlas ; choreography by Merce Cunningham ; produced by NADA, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Publication: Paris, France : MK2 éditions, 2005, c1999.

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Found In

Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1 videodisc (PAL) (98 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This disc contains full performances of Pond way and BIPED and commentary by Merce Cunningham, who speaks about the inspiration and costumes for Pond way; his use of computer software in creating choreography; the motion capture graphics for BIPED; his reasons for using chance operations.

Series Statement

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Credits (note)

Pond way: music by Brian Eno ; decor by Roy Lichtenstein ; costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
BIPED: decor by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar ; costumes by Suzanne Gallo.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance in Mulhouse, France in 1999.

Biography (note)

The decor for BIPED was developed from the motion-capture animation project Hand-drawn spaces by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar, with choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Language (note)

With credits and commentary available in English or French.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Contents

Pond way (24 min.) -- Pond way commentary (2 min.) -- BIPED (47 min.) -- Computers and dance commentary (25 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2139

OCLC

143416026

Title

Pond way [and] BIPED [videorecording] : a film / by Charles Atlas ; choreography by Merce Cunningham ; produced by NADA, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation.

Imprint

Paris, France : MK2 éditions, 2005, c1999.

Series

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Credits

Pond way: music by Brian Eno ; decor by Roy Lichtenstein ; costumes by Suzanne Gallo.

BIPED: decor by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar ; costumes by Suzanne Gallo.

Performer

Performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cedric Andrieux, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, David Kulick, Koji Minato, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.

Event

Videotaped in performance in Mulhouse, France in 1999.

Biography

The decor for BIPED was developed from the motion-capture animation project Hand-drawn spaces by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar, with choreography by Merce Cunningham.

Language

With credits and commentary available in English or French.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local Subject

Computers (Dance applications)

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee

Bryars, Gavin. Composer

Eno, Brian, 1948- Composer

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997. Designer

Andrieux, Cédric, dancer.

Boudreau, Lisa, dancer.

Caley, Thomas, dancer.

Farmer, Holley, dancer.

Fason, Maydelle, dancer.

Freebury, Jean, dancer.

Kulick, David, dancer.

Mohr, Matthew D., dancer.

Ogan, Banu, dancer.

Squire, Daniel S., dancer.

Steele, Jeannie K., dancer.

Swan, Derry, dancer.

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Therrien, Cheryl, dancer.

Kaiser, Paul, 1956- Designer

Eshkar, Shelley. Designer

Gallo, Suzanne. Costume designer

Atlas, Charles. Director

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Cunningham, Merce. Biped.

Cunningham, Merce. Pond way.

Found In:

Merce Cunningham archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2139

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