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Antic Meet
written by Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York, NY; directed by Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008, Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008; produced by Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975; performed by Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Steve Paxton, 1939-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown and Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in Antic Meet (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust), 27 mins
This performance is of Merce Cunningham's "Antic Meet."
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written by Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York, NY; directed by Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008, Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008; produced by Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975; performed by Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Steve Paxton, 1939-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown and Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in Antic Meet (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust), 27 mins
Description
This performance is of Merce Cunningham's "Antic Meet."
Date Written / Recorded
1964
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Steve Paxton, 1939-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008, Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975, John Cage, 1912-1992
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York, NY, Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Steve Paxton, 1939-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014. Used by permission of The Cunningham Dance Foundation
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Merce Cunningham
performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1980), 54 mins
A documentary on the works of Merce Cunningham and Company.
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performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1980), 54 mins
Description
A documentary on the works of Merce Cunningham and Company.
Date Written / Recorded
1980
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Date Published / Released
1980
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Dance and dancing, Performing arts life, Performance practice, Dance
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company
composed by David Tudor, 1926-1996; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, Beverly Emmons, 1943-; produced by David Oppenheim, 1922-2007; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid and Gus Solomon, Jr., Merce Cunningham Dance Company and David Tudor and Gordon Mumma (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1979), 7 mins
Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “Rainforest” as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s program “Whose Afraid of the Avant-Garde” presenting experimental art, music, dance, poetry and theater. The dance composition also featured music by John Cage, costumes by Jas...
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composed by David Tudor, 1926-1996; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, Beverly Emmons, 1943-; produced by David Oppenheim, 1922-2007; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid and Gus Solomon, Jr., Merce Cunningham Dance Company and David Tudor and Gordon Mumma (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1979), 7 mins
Description
Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “Rainforest” as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s program “Whose Afraid of the Avant-Garde” presenting experimental art, music, dance, poetry and theater. The dance composition also featured music by John Cage, costumes by Jasper Johns and sets by Andy Warhol.
Date Written / Recorded
1979
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Gus Solomon, Jr.
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Gordon Mumma, 1935-, Robert Leacock, 1949-, Beverly Emmons, 1943-, David Oppenheim, 1922-2007, Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Gus Solomon, Jr.
Date Published / Released
1979
Publisher
Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Topic / Theme
Dance
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Merce Cunningham Teaching
directed by Alan Koplin, fl. 1961; produced by Merce Cunningham Trust; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, in Merce Cunningham Teaching (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust, 1961), 3 mins
Dance Horizons was a modern dance company established from 1958 - 1977 in Highland Park, Chicago by Suzanne Ettlinger, Martha "Marti" Koplin, and Dorothy Mozen, which offered classes for children and adults. Students had the opportunity to attend special workshops with guest instructors, which were occasionally fi...
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directed by Alan Koplin, fl. 1961; produced by Merce Cunningham Trust; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, in Merce Cunningham Teaching (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust, 1961), 3 mins
Description
Dance Horizons was a modern dance company established from 1958 - 1977 in Highland Park, Chicago by Suzanne Ettlinger, Martha "Marti" Koplin, and Dorothy Mozen, which offered classes for children and adults. Students had the opportunity to attend special workshops with guest instructors, which were occasionally filmed in by amateur photographer Alan Koplin. This silent film, digitized from 16mm, features Merce Cunningham teaching technique to a c...
Dance Horizons was a modern dance company established from 1958 - 1977 in Highland Park, Chicago by Suzanne Ettlinger, Martha "Marti" Koplin, and Dorothy Mozen, which offered classes for children and adults. Students had the opportunity to attend special workshops with guest instructors, which were occasionally filmed in by amateur photographer Alan Koplin. This silent film, digitized from 16mm, features Merce Cunningham teaching technique to a classroom of students.
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Field of Study
Dance
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Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham Trust
Author / Creator
Alan Koplin, fl. 1961, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance technique
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1961 Merce Cunningham Trust
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Rainforest
composed by David Tudor, 1926-1996; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, Beverly Emmons, 1943-; produced by David Oppenheim, 1922-2007; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid and Gus Solomon, Jr., Merce Cunningham Dance Company and David Tudor and Gordon Mumma (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1979), 20 mins
Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “Rainforest” as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s program “Whose Afraid of the Avant-Garde” presenting experimental art, music, dance, poetry and theater. The dance composition also featured music by John Cage, costumes by Jas...
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composed by David Tudor, 1926-1996; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, Beverly Emmons, 1943-; produced by David Oppenheim, 1922-2007; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid and Gus Solomon, Jr., Merce Cunningham Dance Company and David Tudor and Gordon Mumma (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1979), 20 mins
Description
Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “Rainforest” as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s program “Whose Afraid of the Avant-Garde” presenting experimental art, music, dance, poetry and theater. The dance composition also featured music by John Cage, costumes by Jasper Johns and sets by Andy Warhol.
Date Written / Recorded
1979
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Gus Solomon, Jr.
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Gordon Mumma, 1935-, Robert Leacock, 1949-, Beverly Emmons, 1943-, David Oppenheim, 1922-2007, Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Gus Solomon, Jr.
Date Published / Released
1979
Publisher
Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Topic / Theme
Dance
Segments
Performer / Ensemble:
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dill...
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Gus Solomon, Jr.
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, 1938-, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Gus Solomon, Jr.
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Second Hand
directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Jim Ryan, fl. 1974, Ralph Holmes, fl. 1977; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1974), 6 mins
Two half-hour programs featuring Cunningham and his Company. A marriage of choreography and video techniques occurs in this two-part program on Merce Cunningham and his dance company. Cunningham makes use of multiple screen images. An "video event" the program is comprised of excerpts from: "Winterbranch", "Second...
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directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Jim Ryan, fl. 1974, Ralph Holmes, fl. 1977; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1974), 6 mins
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Two half-hour programs featuring Cunningham and his Company. A marriage of choreography and video techniques occurs in this two-part program on Merce Cunningham and his dance company. Cunningham makes use of multiple screen images. An "video event" the program is comprised of excerpts from: "Winterbranch", "Second Hand", "Sounddance", "TV Rerun", "Changing Steps", "Landrover", "Signals" as well rehearsal and class footage.
Date Written / Recorded
1974
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Ralph Holmes, fl. 1977, Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Jim Ryan, fl. 1974, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Sandy Bell, fl. 1986-2016
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1974
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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Variations V
directed by Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Abigail Ewert, Beverly Emmons, 1943-; produced by Hansjörg Pauli, fl. 1966; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1966), 49 mins
Variations V reflects the experimentation and spirit of the 1960s --- a collaborative, interactive multi-media event with choreographed dance, elaborate mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music often activated by the dancers' movements. Filmed in 1966 at the NDR televisi...
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directed by Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Abigail Ewert, Beverly Emmons, 1943-; produced by Hansjörg Pauli, fl. 1966; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1966), 49 mins
Description
Variations V reflects the experimentation and spirit of the 1960s --- a collaborative, interactive multi-media event with choreographed dance, elaborate mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music often activated by the dancers' movements. Filmed in 1966 at the NDR television studio in Hamburg, Germany, it is historically important as one of the few available films of a Cunningham Dance Company performance...
Variations V reflects the experimentation and spirit of the 1960s --- a collaborative, interactive multi-media event with choreographed dance, elaborate mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music often activated by the dancers' movements. Filmed in 1966 at the NDR television studio in Hamburg, Germany, it is historically important as one of the few available films of a Cunningham Dance Company performance from the 1960s and the first commercial release of Variations V. As the dancers performed on stage, their movements interacted with twelve antennas built by Robert Moog and a set of photocells designed by Bell Labs research scientist Billy Kluver in such a way as to trigger the transmission of sounds to a 50-channel mixer whose output was heard from six speakers around the hall. The actual sound sources---a battery of tape recorders and radios---were supervised by Cage, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma. The mise-en-scene was supplemented by a film collage by Stan VanDerBeek that included processed television images by Nam June Paik and footage of the dancers shot by VanDerBeek during rehearsals.
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Date Written / Recorded
1966
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Abigail Ewert, Beverly Emmons, 1943-, Hansjörg Pauli, fl. 1966, John Cage, 1912-1992, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Richard Nelson, 1938-1996
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, John Cage, 1912-1992, Arne Arnbom, 1922-1975, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1966
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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Assemblage
directed by Richard O. Moore, 1920-2015; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; produced by KQED-TV; performed by Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown and Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in Assemblage (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust, 1968), 58 mins
Assemblage is a recently rediscovered film produced for broadcast by San Francisco's public television station KQED in November 1968. Created in collaboration with director and former dancer Richard Moore, the film features Cunningham dancing with early dance company members in a public "happening" in San Francisc...
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directed by Richard O. Moore, 1920-2015; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; produced by KQED-TV; performed by Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown and Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in Assemblage (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust, 1968), 58 mins
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Assemblage is a recently rediscovered film produced for broadcast by San Francisco's public television station KQED in November 1968. Created in collaboration with director and former dancer Richard Moore, the film features Cunningham dancing with early dance company members in a public "happening" in San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square. Conceived from the beginning as a dance staged for the camera, the performance is amplified by Moore's special...
Assemblage is a recently rediscovered film produced for broadcast by San Francisco's public television station KQED in November 1968. Created in collaboration with director and former dancer Richard Moore, the film features Cunningham dancing with early dance company members in a public "happening" in San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square. Conceived from the beginning as a dance staged for the camera, the performance is amplified by Moore's special effects and complemented with a soundtrack by John Cage, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma. A testament to Cunningham's groundbreaking investigations of dance and movement within the virtual spaces of film, Assemblage presents a dance that unfolds across fractured space and inside shattered time. Cunningham explained that "the finished film [would] deal not so much with dance in the narrow sense, but with various motions - boats moving, people walking, and, of course, groups dancing." On screen, Cunningham's dancers walk, frolic, and scramble through the shopping concourses and promenades of the square. The soundtrack, assembled contemporaneously by Cage, Tudor and Mumma, was likewise comprised of concrete sounds mostly recorded on-site around San Francisco.Cunningham and his company spent three weeks rehearsing and filming on location in fall 1968, creating what Moore described as "movement modules." From these sequences, Moore and film editor Bill Yahraus crafted a motion picture collage of overlapping movements and moments, which occur sometimes in fragmented film windows, sometimes within superimposed planes. Moore used extensive optical illusion and process photography, dancers were filmed as silhouettes and superimposed on different backgrounds. In one composited sequence, Cunningham's company becomes a miniaturized troupe of Lilliputian dancers, weaving in and out of the dancing legs of gigantic versions of themselves. Rediscovered after Cunningham's death, the restored Assemblage was transferred and colorized the film from the original 16mm prints by filmmaker Charles Atlas, a longtime collaborator on Cunningham's dance films.
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Field of Study
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Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, KQED-TV, Gordon Mumma, 1935-, David Tudor, 1926-1996, John Cage, 1912-1992
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Richard O. Moore, 1920-2015, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown
Date Published / Released
1968
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1968 Merce Cunningham Trust
Segments
Performer / Ensemble:
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Cha...
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Cha...
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Cha...
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Chase Robinson, fl. 1968, Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Jeff Slayton, fl. 1968, Susana Hayman-Chaffey, fl. 1976, Meg Harper, fl. 1976, Valda Setterfield, 1934-, Sandra Neels, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
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Blue Studio
choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; produced by Charles Atlas, 1958- and Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1976), 33 mins
Blue Studio is a mediadance for solo performer. It utilizes chromakey and mirrors to create varied backgrounds for Cunningham's movements. Blue Studio: Five Segments is included in "Merce by Merce by Paik."
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choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; produced by Charles Atlas, 1958- and Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1976), 33 mins
Description
Blue Studio is a mediadance for solo performer. It utilizes chromakey and mirrors to create varied backgrounds for Cunningham's movements. Blue Studio: Five Segments is included in "Merce by Merce by Paik."
Date Written / Recorded
1975-10
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Charles Atlas, 1958-, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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Crises
directed by Helen Priest Rogers, fl. 1940; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; produced by American Dance Festival; performed by Marilyn Wood, fl. 1961, Viola Farber, 1931-1998, Judith Dunn, 1933-1983, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009 and Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in Crises (1961) (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust, 1961), 23 mins
First performed at the 13th American Dance Festival in the summer of 1960, Crises was described by Cunningham as "an adventure in togetherness." Choreographed for four women and one man, the dance focused on physical contact between the dancers. The physical entanglements came both through holding each other and b...
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directed by Helen Priest Rogers, fl. 1940; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; produced by American Dance Festival; performed by Marilyn Wood, fl. 1961, Viola Farber, 1931-1998, Judith Dunn, 1933-1983, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009 and Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in Crises (1961) (New York, NY: Merce Cunningham Trust, 1961), 23 mins
Description
First performed at the 13th American Dance Festival in the summer of 1960, Crises was described by Cunningham as "an adventure in togetherness." Choreographed for four women and one man, the dance focused on physical contact between the dancers. The physical entanglements came both through holding each other and being held, and through elastic bands, worn around a wrist, an arm, a waist or a leg, which connected the dancers in various positions....
First performed at the 13th American Dance Festival in the summer of 1960, Crises was described by Cunningham as "an adventure in togetherness." Choreographed for four women and one man, the dance focused on physical contact between the dancers. The physical entanglements came both through holding each other and being held, and through elastic bands, worn around a wrist, an arm, a waist or a leg, which connected the dancers in various positions. Cage noted, "This is a dramatic, though not a narrative, dance concerned with decisive moments in the relationship between a man and four women." Conlon Nancarrow's musical score reinforced the dance's harsh atmosphere with an assortment of jangling rhythms, and Rauschenberg's costumes were leotards in various shades of red, evoking the romance of the piece. This film, shot during rehearsal at the 1961 American Dance Festival at Connecticut College, has historically been the definitive reference for the dance Crises, and is the only motion picture of Cunningham performing the dance with the original cast. The newly restored Crises was digitized from the original black and white 16mm reversal print held in the American Dance Festival Archives, and coupled with an audio restoration of the original recording of Nancarrow's Rhythm Studies for Player Piano.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Marilyn Wood, fl. 1961, Viola Farber, 1931-1998, Judith Dunn, 1933-1983, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Carolyn Brown
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, American Dance Festival, Conlon Nancarrow, 1912-
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Helen Priest Rogers, fl. 1940, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Marilyn Wood, fl. 1961, Viola Farber, 1931-1998, Judith Dunn, 1933-1983, Carolyn Brown
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1961 Merce Cunningham Trust
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