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Points in space

Title
Points in space [videorecording] / a BBC television production in association with the Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. ; directed by Elliot Caplan and Merce Cunningham ; produced by Bob Lockyer ; choreography by Merce Cunningham ; music by John Cage.
Publication
Cunningham Dance Foundation Inc., New York, NY, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Cage, John.
  • Caplan, Elliot.
  • Anastasi, William.
  • Bradshaw, Dove.
  • Lockyer, Bob.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
  • Cunningham Dance Foundation.
Description
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Documentary on the production of a filmed version of Merce Cunningham's dance, Points in space, for broadcast on British and American television. Merce Cunningham and John Cage discuss Points in space and their views on music and dance. Interspersed are scenes of the company rehearsing for the filming of the dance in London. The actual filmed work appears 27 min. into the documentary and lasts 28 min.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Video.
  • Video recordings.
Credits (note)
  • Set, Bill Anastasi ; costumes, Dove Bradshaw.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in London in May 1986.
OCLC
  • ocm40705791
  • SCSB-1242230
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library