Media / 1964

Night Wandering

Paradoxically described by Walter Sorell as “a tender lullaby of love”, and by Richard Buckle as “cold and menacing, the courtship of the Macbeths”, "Night Wandering" is a duet reminiscent of snowy landscapes. Nicola Cernovitch designed the original costumes and lighting --fur tunics that Cunningham wore over trousers and Brown wore over tights. Continuing with the piece’s Nordic theme, the music by Bo Nilsson, was characterized by bursts of activity followed by moments of silence, evoking the feeling of traveling through the spacious, and seemingly endless Northern night.

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Video Type

Performance

Dances

Night Wandering (Nattvandrare)

Length

18 minutes

Director

Arne Arnbom

Producer

Sveriges Television

COLOR/BW

B/W

Music

Bewegungen, Quantitaten, Schalgfiguren, Bo Nilsson

Musicians

David Tudor

Dancers

Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham