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Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 16, 2006

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Title
Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED, Mar. 16, 2006
Additional title: Suite for five (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Native green (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cage, John (Composer)
King, John, 1953 November 28- (Composer)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Costume designer)
Anastasi, William, 1933- (Designer)
Kaiser, Paul, 1956- (Designer)
Eshkar, Shelley (Designer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Boudreau, Lisa (Dancer)
Collwes, Brandon (Dancer)
Cunningham, Julie Dawn (Dancer)
Desjardins, Emma (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Mitchell, Rashaun (Dancer)
Minato, Koji (Dancer)
Munnerlyn, Marcie (Dancer)
Squire, Daniel S. (Dancer)
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Presenter)
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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2006-03-16
Table of Contents
Suite for five / performed by Jonah Bokaer, Julie Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Marcie Munnerlyn, Daniel Squire (26 min.) -- Intermission (5 min.) -- Native green / performed by Cedric Andrieux, Lisa Boudreau, Jennifer Goggans, Koji Mizuta, Robert Swinston, Andrea Weber (19 min.) -- BIPED / performed by full company (38 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3133
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2075 (former)
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Creation/production credits: Suite for five. Music by John Cage. Costumes by Robert Rauschenberg.
Creation/production credits: Native green. Music by John King. Decor and costumes by William Anastasi.
Creation/production credits: BIPED. Music by Gavin Bryars. Decor by Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar. Lighting by Aaron Copp. Costumes by Suzanne Gallo.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, Mar. 16, 2006.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (94 min.) : sound, color
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16529457
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 33ed5370-3141-0132-f9bf-3c075448cc4b
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  • 2027

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47bf96f0-3141-0132-7524-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47bf96f0-3141-0132-7524-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47bf96f0-3141-0132-7524-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Suite for five, Native green [and] BIPED