Points in space

United States, 1986

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Episode of Series “Merce Cunningham Dance Company = Cunningham Dance Foundation”.
This critically acclaimed collaboration for the screen by choreographer Merce Cunningham, composer John Cage, and filmmaker Elliot Caplan, features the BBC documentary interviews with Cunningham, Cage and members of the company, as well as scenes from rehearsals in New York and London that take the viewer through the complexities - and exhilaration - of bringing new dance to television. The second half of the program features ‘Points in Space’, performed by Merce Cunningham his Dance Company. Reference: http://www.merce.org/filmvideo.html

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Credits

co-director

Elliot Caplan

Merce Cunningham

producer

Bob Lockyer

production company

BBC-TV

Cunningham Dance Foundation

Duration

00:56:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1986

Appears in

Merce Cunningham Dance Company = Cunningham Dance Foundation

Group of items

Merce Cunningham Dance Company = Cunningham Dance Foundation

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

317158

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interviews

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews

Crafts & Visual Arts → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Music & Performing Arts → Cage, John, 1912-1992

Music & Performing Arts → Choreography

Music & Performing Arts → Cunningham, Merce, 1919-

Music & Performing Arts → Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.

Music & Performing Arts → Dancing - United States

Music & Performing Arts → Modern dance

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

People → Cage, John, 1912-1992

People → Cunningham, Merce, 1919-

People → Interviews

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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