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Westbeth
choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1975), 32 mins
First video collaboration with Charles Atlas. A collage of six sections, it is based on the recognition that television changes our way of looking and distorts our sense of time. Dancers introduce themselves in the first section by staring directly into the camera. In section II, the camera obscures the dancers' r...
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choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1975), 32 mins
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First video collaboration with Charles Atlas. A collage of six sections, it is based on the recognition that television changes our way of looking and distorts our sense of time. Dancers introduce themselves in the first section by staring directly into the camera. In section II, the camera obscures the dancers' relationship to space through the use of close-ups. In the third section, the viewers attention is continually recentered upon a new dan...
First video collaboration with Charles Atlas. A collage of six sections, it is based on the recognition that television changes our way of looking and distorts our sense of time. Dancers introduce themselves in the first section by staring directly into the camera. In section II, the camera obscures the dancers' relationship to space through the use of close-ups. In the third section, the viewers attention is continually recentered upon a new dancer who has entered the group. Section IV investigates the possibilities of deep focus and its relationship to movement. Section V employs an elaborate use of multiple cameras and in the final section, separate movement segments were joined together in the editing process. Cunningham's intention was to allot a question, or several, about video and dance to each section. Filmed at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Westbeth. Costumes were done by Mark Lancaster and based on the Jasper Johns designs for "Un jeux ou deux."
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Date Written / Recorded
1975
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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