Media / 1977

Event for Television

Directed by Merrill Broackway for Public Television's acclaimed Dance In America series, and taking its title from the Events Cunningham's company has presented in unconvential spaces, "Event for Television" presents selections from Merce Cunningham's repertory and includes excerpts from: " Antic Meet", "Scramble", "Septet", "Solo", "Sounddance", and "Minutiae". "Rainforest" is performed in entirety. The program closes with a new work "Video Triangle," created specifically for this film.

Details

Video Type

Performance

Dances

Antic Meet

Scramble

Septet

Solo

Sounddance

Minutiae

RainForest

Length

56 minutes

Director

Merrill Brockway

Producer

Emile Ardolino, WNET "Dance In America"

COLOR/BW

Color

Music

Branches (for Amplified Plant Music), John Cage & Rainforest (An Electronic Ecology), David Tudor

Dancers

Karole Armitage, Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Chris Komar, Karen Attix, Morgan Ensminger, Meg Harper, Catherine Kerr, Robert Kovich, Charles Moulton, Julie Roess-Smith