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A modern dance performance utilizing the split screen method which permits the viewer to see the movement from two different aspects at the same time. The right and left screen versions have been optically printed onto one film. There are five basic positions utilized - upright, arch, twist, tilt an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Cunningham Dance Foundation
Other Authors: Cunningham, Merce, Atlas, Charles, 1893-1972, Amacher, Maryanne
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Cunningham Dance Foundation, 1978.
Series:Dance in video.
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Summary:A modern dance performance utilizing the split screen method which permits the viewer to see the movement from two different aspects at the same time. The right and left screen versions have been optically printed onto one film. There are five basic positions utilized - upright, arch, twist, tilt and curve. All aspects of the continuity were chance-determined: the sequence of phrases, the number of things happening at once, and the number of dancers involved in a given phrase.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (55 min.))