This performance was part of a program celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The recording begins with Merce Cunningham and Carolyn Brown, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, James Hall and others casting dice to determine the order of music, decor and costumes for Split sides. The performance of Fluid canvas begins at 4 min. into the video.
Fluid canvas. Music by John King. Video design by Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser. Lighting design by James F. Ingalls.
Split sides. Music by Radiohead and Sigur Ros. Decor by Robert Heishman and Catherine Yass.
Performer
Performed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Lisa Boudreau, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Mandy Kirschner, Koji Minato, Daniel Roberts, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, on Oct. 14, 2003.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-2092.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.