Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Overview
A seminal figure of the twentieth-century avant-garde, American choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) engaged the boundaries of dance for more than seventy years. Emerging from and expanding upon traditions of theater, classical ballet and modern dance, Cunningham radically rearticulated the semiotics of the dancing body and created a distinctive language that survives him. Throughout his long career, Cunningham collaborated with a number of filmmakers and video artists, including Charles Atlas, on a series of pioneering dance pieces created specifically for the camera.
1964, 27:09 min, b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video
1964, 13 min, b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video
1964, 20:10 min, b&w, sound
1966, 49:05, b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video
1967, 81 min, b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video
1968, 58:03 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video
1973, 48:04 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video
1976, 25:46 min, b&w, sound
1978, 32:59 min, color and b&w, sound
1978, 29:54 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on HD video
1978/2013, 40:19 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on HD video
1982, 32:11 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on HD video
1983, 27:07 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on HD video
1986, 55:35 min, color, sound
1987, 56:04 min, color, sound
1991, 95:55 min, color and b&w, sound
1992, 30:01 min, color and b&w, sound
1996, 52:12 min, color, sound
1998, 23:48 min, color, sound
2000, 7:31 min, color, sound
2001, 46:41 min, color, sound
2005, 48:14 min, color, sound
2005, 42:03 min, color, sound
2008, 29:37 min, color, sound
2008, 25:29 min, color, sound
2010, 100:28 min, color, sound, HD video
Titles with or about Merce Cunningham
1991, 95:55 min, color and b&w, sound
1987, 56:04 min, color, sound
See also
1973, 28:30 min, color, sound
1988, 47 min, color, sound
1984, 38 min, color, sound
Merce by Merce by Paik Part One: Blue Studio: Five Segments
Merce Cunningham and Charles Atlas
1975-76, 15:38 min, color, sound
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