Merce Cunningham Dance Company [videorecording] : Park Avenue Armory event / choreography, Merce Cunningham ; director of choreography, Robert Swinston ; music director, Takehisa Kosugi ; executive produer, Trevor Carlson.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Performances from Dec. 29, 30 and 31, 2011 at Park Avenue Armory. Bonus Legacy Tour repertory excerpts: Cunningham Dance Foundation presents Merce Cunningham Dance Company ; music, John Cage ... [et al.]. "c2012 Cunningham Dance Foundation and ARTPIX. DVD distribution by Microcinema International"--Closing credits. Booklet with program notes and essay by Douglas Crimp in English (31 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1. Park Avenue Armory event (53 min.). Music: Open space with brass (2011) / by David Behrman -- Octet (2011) / by Takehisa Kosugi -- Astral epitaphs (2011) / by John King -- Song [for 6] (2011) / by Christian Wolff. -- Disc 2. Uncut single-stage captures (137 min.) -- Disc 3. Bonus Legacy Tour repertory excerpts (90 min.): Suite for five (1956-1958) / John Cage -- Antic meet (1958) / John Cage -- Crises (1960) / Conlon Nancarrow -- RainForest (1968) / David Tudor -- Second Hand (1970) / John Cage -- Sounddance (1975) / David Tudor -- Squaregame (1976) / Takehisa Kosugi -- Duets (1980) / John Cage -- Quartet (1982) / David Tudor -- Roaratorio (1983) /John Cage -- CRWDSPCR (1993) John King -- Pond Way (1998) / Brian Eno -- Biped (1999) / Gavin Bryars -- Split sides (2003) / Radiohead, Sigur Rós -- Xover (2007) / John Cage -- Nearly 90² (2009) / John Paul Jones, Takehisa Kosugi.
Summary:
On December 29, 30 and 31, 2011, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company presented six valedictory performances at Park Avenue Armory before disbanding. The event marked the conclusion of the Company's Legacy Tour and the culmination of nearly 60 years of innovation. Disc 3 includes recent and archival excerpts from each of the repertory works featured on the Legacy Tour.
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