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Merce Cunningham Dance Company

"Merce Cunningham reinvented dance, and then waited for the audience."

-Mikhail Baryshnikov      

Lisa Boudreau & Marcie Munnerlyn in Ocean, photo by Tony Dougherty; MCDC in Sounddance, photo by Tony Dougherty;

Jennifer Goggans and Rashaun Mitchell in Crises, photo by Briana Blasko


Repertory Understudy Group + Guest Artists

Merce Cunnigham Studio

November 25 - 30

8:00pm

In their final performance, the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group

and guests perform classic works by Merce Cunningham.

Tickets $10

Reply to rsvp@merce.org

Space is limited; reservations accepted

on a first-come, first-served basis.

Performed by David Rafael Botana, Cori Kresgi,

Stacy Martorana, and Timothy Emmett Lee Ward

with Korhan Basaran, Becky Chaleff,

Lauren Ferguson, Kyle Gerry, Antoine Lee,

and Suzanne Thomas

Choreography by Merce Cunningham

Director of Choreography Robert Swinston

Lighting by Carrie Wood

 

Program A (11/25, 11/27, 11/29)

Rune (1959) music by Christian Wolff

Cargo X (1989) music by Takehisa Kosugi, costumes and décor by Dove Bradshaw

Scramble (1967) music by Toshi Ichiyanagi

Program B (11/26, 11/28, 11/30)

Summerspace (1958) music by Morton Feldman, costumes by Robert Rauschenberg

Winterbranch (1964) music by La Monte Young

Inventions MinEvent (1989) music by John Cage


 

BAC Flicks: Mondays with Merce

The Cunningham Dance Foundation's pioneering webcast series, Mondays with Merce, joins forces with the Baryshnikov Arts Center's popular film and discussion series, BAC Flicks, to showcase over 40 years of Merce Cunningham's work with film and dance on camera, illuminating his groundbreaking experimentation with new technologies.

Featuring the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performing works choreographed by Cunningham with John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Radiohead, and others.

An episode of Mondays with Merce will precede each film, and the evening includes a talk with featured artists.

ALL SCREENINGS BEGIN AT 7PM

TICKETS: $15

December 5: Walkaround Time (1968), A film by Charles Atlas

PURCHASE TICKETS


       

 
  


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