Episode of Series “Merce Cunningham Dance Company = Cunningham Dance Foundation”.
This documentary explores Merce Cunningham’s method of choreography, including his employment of random methods through use of the I Ching, his collaboration with composer John Cage and his relationship with the dancers in his Company. Cunningham candidly reveals his ideas on dance through interviews, and footage from rehearsal at the Cunningham studios. Included are dance excerpts from “Trails,” “Scramble,” “Aeon,” “Quartet”, “Suite For Five”, “Roadrunners” and “Fractions”. In English with French with English subtitles. Reference: http://www.merce.org/filmvideo.html
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ACMI Identifier
317157
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and dance
Crafts & Visual Arts → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Music & Performing Arts → Art and dance
Music & Performing Arts → Cage, John, 1912-1992
Music & Performing Arts → Choreography
Music & Performing Arts → Cunningham, Merce, 1919-
Music & Performing Arts → Dancers
Music & Performing Arts → Dancing - United States
Music & Performing Arts → Modern dance
People → Cage, John, 1912-1992
People → Cunningham, Merce, 1919-
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)