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Cage Shuffle
directed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992 and David Tudor, 1926-1996 (1959); choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, in Cage Shuffle (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2017), 36 mins
In Cage Shuffle Paul Lazar speaks a series of one-minute stories by John Cage from his 1963 score Indeterminacy while simultaneously performing choreography by Annie-B Parson. The stories are spoken in a random order with no predetermined relationship to the dancing. Chance serves up its inevitable blend of strang...
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directed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992 and David Tudor, 1926-1996 (1959); choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, in Cage Shuffle (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2017), 36 mins
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In Cage Shuffle Paul Lazar speaks a series of one-minute stories by John Cage from his 1963 score Indeterminacy while simultaneously performing choreography by Annie-B Parson. The stories are spoken in a random order with no predetermined relationship to the dancing. Chance serves up its inevitable blend of strange and uncanny connections between text and movement. With live tape and digital collage scored and performed by composer Lea Bertucci.
Date Written / Recorded
1959
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, John Cage, 1912-1992
Author / Creator
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, John Cage, 1912-1992, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Big Dance Theater
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AIR
composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-; designed by Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-, Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-, Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-; produced by Thomas Grimm, 1942-, CLC Productions; performed by Miteki Kudo and Jérémie Bélingard, 1975-, Paris Opera Ballet (Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: CLC Productions, 2003), 43 mins
This is a performance of AIR, performed by Ballet of the Opera national de Paris (Paris Opera Ballet)and choreographed by Saburo Teshigawara.
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composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-; designed by Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-, Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-, Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-; produced by Thomas Grimm, 1942-, CLC Productions; performed by Miteki Kudo and Jérémie Bélingard, 1975-, Paris Opera Ballet (Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: CLC Productions, 2003), 43 mins
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This is a performance of AIR, performed by Ballet of the Opera national de Paris (Paris Opera Ballet)and choreographed by Saburo Teshigawara.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Paris Opera Ballet, Miteki Kudo, Jérémie Bélingard, 1975-
Contributor
Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-, Thomas Grimm, 1942-, CLC Productions, John Cage, 1912-1992
Author / Creator
Saburo Teshigawara, 1953-, John Cage, 1912-1992, Paris Opera Ballet, Miteki Kudo, Jérémie Bélingard, 1975-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
CLC Productions
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 by CLC Productions
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Judgment by Mel Wong
directed by Douglas Rosenberg, fl. 2011; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Mel Wong, 1939-2003; designed by Li Chiao-Ping, David Ferri; produced by Douglas Rosenberg, fl. 2011; performed by Li Chiao-Ping, Linda Belans and Mel Wong, 1939-2003; in Six Solos: Li Chiao-Ping Dances (Art Works Video, 1998), 11 mins
This documentary, directed by Douglas Rosenberg, follows the progress of "The Cross-Cultural Choreography Commissioning Project" or "The Men’s Project," a bold and innovative undertaking in which dancer Li Chiao-Ping commissioned six male choreographers of international stature to choreograph solo dance works fo...
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directed by Douglas Rosenberg, fl. 2011; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Mel Wong, 1939-2003; designed by Li Chiao-Ping, David Ferri; produced by Douglas Rosenberg, fl. 2011; performed by Li Chiao-Ping, Linda Belans and Mel Wong, 1939-2003; in Six Solos: Li Chiao-Ping Dances (Art Works Video, 1998), 11 mins
Description
This documentary, directed by Douglas Rosenberg, follows the progress of "The Cross-Cultural Choreography Commissioning Project" or "The Men’s Project," a bold and innovative undertaking in which dancer Li Chiao-Ping commissioned six male choreographers of international stature to choreograph solo dance works for her. This project explores how cultural factors including issues of race, gender, age, and sexuality bear on the production of dance....
This documentary, directed by Douglas Rosenberg, follows the progress of "The Cross-Cultural Choreography Commissioning Project" or "The Men’s Project," a bold and innovative undertaking in which dancer Li Chiao-Ping commissioned six male choreographers of international stature to choreograph solo dance works for her. This project explores how cultural factors including issues of race, gender, age, and sexuality bear on the production of dance.The choreographers collaborating with Ms. Li on The Men’s Project areMark DendyDavid DorfmanJoe GoodeDaniel NagrinGus Solomons, Jr.Mel Wong.Highlights from all six works are featured in the piece as well as interviews with each choreographer.
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Date Written / Recorded
1998
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Li Chiao-Ping, Linda Belans, Mel Wong, 1939-2003
Contributor
Mel Wong, 1939-2003, Li Chiao-Ping, David Ferri, Douglas Rosenberg, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Mel Wong, 1939-2003, John Cage, 1912-1992, Douglas Rosenberg, fl. 2011, Li Chiao-Ping, Linda Belans
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Art Works Video
Topic / Theme
Chinese people, Discrimination, Storytelling, Characterization, Performance practice, Rehearsals, Dance, Herself 1, Narrator, Chinese
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Beach Birds for Camera
directed by Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Marsha Skinner, 1944-; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1993), 31 mins
"Beach Birds for Camera" is an adaptation of a dance work originally made for the stage adding three additional dancers. This film combines different shooting locations, black and white and color film, and Dolby stereo sound to present dance through the visual medium of film. When it was first suggested to John Ca...
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directed by Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; designed by Marsha Skinner, 1944-; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1993), 31 mins
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"Beach Birds for Camera" is an adaptation of a dance work originally made for the stage adding three additional dancers. This film combines different shooting locations, black and white and color film, and Dolby stereo sound to present dance through the visual medium of film. When it was first suggested to John Cage that he should create a work in collaboration with Merce Cunningham for the 1991 James Joyce/John Cage Festival in Zurich, Cage had...
"Beach Birds for Camera" is an adaptation of a dance work originally made for the stage adding three additional dancers. This film combines different shooting locations, black and white and color film, and Dolby stereo sound to present dance through the visual medium of film. When it was first suggested to John Cage that he should create a work in collaboration with Merce Cunningham for the 1991 James Joyce/John Cage Festival in Zurich, Cage had the idea to write a large scale piece to be called "Ocean," the projected title for Joyce's next novel - never to be written - following "Finnegan's Wake." No suitable space was available for such a project, so it was decided that instead a new dance would be made for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's repertory. Cunningham had always intended to call his part of the work "Beach Birds," and so the title remains. Filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios and Industria Superstudio in New York, NY, December, 1991.
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Date Written / Recorded
1993
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Marsha Skinner, 1944-, John Cage, 1912-1992, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, John Cage, 1912-1992, Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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Merce By Merce By Paik
directed by Nam June Paik, 1932-2006; composed by David Held, Earl Howard, 1959- and John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1978), 29 mins
Merce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to groundbreaking postmodern choreographer Merce Cunningham and avant-garde master Marcel Duchamp. Blue Studio: Five Segments is a stunning work of videodance by Merce Cunningham and his then filmmaker-in-residence, Charles Atlas. In Merce and Marcel, Nam June Paik and...
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directed by Nam June Paik, 1932-2006; composed by David Held, Earl Howard, 1959- and John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1978), 29 mins
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Merce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to groundbreaking postmodern choreographer Merce Cunningham and avant-garde master Marcel Duchamp. Blue Studio: Five Segments is a stunning work of videodance by Merce Cunningham and his then filmmaker-in-residence, Charles Atlas. In Merce and Marcel, Nam June Paik and Shigeko Kubota create a densely textured video collage that links the two visionary artists.
Date Written / Recorded
1973
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, John J. Godfrey, David Held, Earl Howard, 1959-, John Cage, 1912-1992, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, David Held, Earl Howard, 1959-, John Cage, 1912-1992, Nam June Paik, 1932-2006, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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Assemblage
directed by Richard O. Moore, 1920-2015; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992, David Tudor, 1926-1996 and Gordon Mumma, 1935- (1968); 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; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992, David Tudor, 1926-1996 and Gordon Mumma, 1935- (1968); 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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Date Written / Recorded
1968
Field of Study
Dance
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, John Cage, 1912-1992, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Gordon Mumma, 1935-, 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
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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
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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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Cage/Cunningham
directed by Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009 (Merce Cunningham Trust), 1 hour 35 mins
Cage/Cunningham documents the fifty year collaboration between two revolutionary American artists, composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Tracing the history of their renowned and enduring collaboration, the film explores the artistic and philosophical associations that Cage and Cunningham have had...
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directed by Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009 (Merce Cunningham Trust), 1 hour 35 mins
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Cage/Cunningham documents the fifty year collaboration between two revolutionary American artists, composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Tracing the history of their renowned and enduring collaboration, the film explores the artistic and philosophical associations that Cage and Cunningham have had with a wide range of leading figures in the art, literary, dance and music worlds.
Date Written / Recorded
1991
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, John Cage, 1912-1992
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, John Cage, 1912-1992, Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Artistic collaboration, Dance
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