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Movies Starring Merce Cunningham (16)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)

The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and prophesied both the fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding that would arise from ...

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Cunningham (2019)

The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and more. ...

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Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)

A history of the work of Merce Cunningham. ...

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John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990)

This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His love for mushrooms, his Zen beliefs and use of the I Ching, and basic bio details are all explained intelli ...

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All Star Video (1985)

A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sakamoto. ...

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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)

In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik and Co. were keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positiv ...

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Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (1979)

This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his student years and his earliest experiments to a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York ...

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Merce by Merce by Paik (1978)

Merce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham and artist Marcel Duchamp. The first section, "Blue Studio: Five Segments", is a work of video-dance produced by Merce Cunningham and videomaker Charles Atlas. The second part, ...

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Assemblage (1968)

A feature length film from acclaimed dance choreographer Merce Cunningham. ...

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498 Third Avenue (1968)

Observational documentary about the Merce Cunningham Dance Company rehearsing throughout the summer of 1967 in New York. ...

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John Cage (1966)

Experimental composer John Cage tours Europe with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1966. ...

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Variations V (1966)

A multi-media event with choreographed dance, mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music activated by the dancers' movements. ...

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Antic Meet (1964)

Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with Cunningham moving among the other dancers as a clown-like figure "who falls in love with a society whose rules he do ...

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Night Wandering (1964)

Paradoxically described by Walter Sorell as "a tender lullaby of love" and by Richard Buckle as "cold and menacing, the courtship of the Macbeths," Night Wandering is a duet reminiscent of snowy landscapes. Cernovitch designed the original costumes: fur tu ...

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Merce Cunningham (1962)

The choreographer Merce Cunningham working with the musician John Cage and the painter Robert Rauschenberg. ...

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Appalachian Spring (1944)

A multi-character dance drama ...

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Movies Made By Merce Cunningham (10)

August Pace 1989-2019 (2023)

Thirty years after the world premiere of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham's August Pace, the original cast members gather in a New York City studio for the first time to teach their roles to a younger generation. Their reunion is a grand experiment ...

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Ocean (2010)

John Cage's original concept of Ocean, in 1991, was for a dance to be performed in a circular space, with the audience surrounding the dancers, and the musicians (112 of them) surrounding the audience. The last performance was in the Rainbow Quarry in Minn ...

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Beach Birds for Camera (1992)

Cunningham said of his choreography for "Beach Birds", "It is all based on individual physical phrasing. The dancers don't have to be exactly together. They can dance like a flock of birds, when they suddenly take off." A work for eleven dancers, the rhyth ...

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Coast Zone (1984)

Coast Zone […] explores the use of deep-focus, contrasting background figures (often in motion) with those in the foreground (sometimes in extreme close-up). Shot in January 1983, the first screenings at Dean Junior College in Franklin, MA, 7 April 1984; ...

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Channels/Inserts (1981)

This work was a dance shot for film at the Cunningham studio. Staging for Channels/Inserts was divided among the main studio, the small studio and the office area. Cunningham employed the use of chance operations to decide the order in which each space wou ...

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Westbeth (1975)

"Westbeth" was Cunningham's first video collaboration with Charles Atlas, and the first video project to be made at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio on the eleventh floor of Westbeth. ...

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Assemblage (1968)

A feature length film from acclaimed dance choreographer Merce Cunningham. ...

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Variations V (1966)

A multi-media event with choreographed dance, mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music activated by the dancers' movements. ...

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Antic Meet (1964)

Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with Cunningham moving among the other dancers as a clown-like figure "who falls in love with a society whose rules he do ...

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Night Wandering (1964)

Paradoxically described by Walter Sorell as "a tender lullaby of love" and by Richard Buckle as "cold and menacing, the courtship of the Macbeths," Night Wandering is a duet reminiscent of snowy landscapes. Cernovitch designed the original costumes: fur tu ...

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