“A Diversion” was a trio for Cunningham, Louise Lippold and Sara Hamill, made for a concert at Black Mountain College where all three were spending the summer. After that initial show, Cunningham reworked the dance as a solo which he performed on numerous occasions with the subtitle “short suite.” In January 1950, he presented a quartet version made for himself, Dorothy Berea, Mili Churchill, and Anneliese Widman. At some point, the dance acquired a program note which read: “A suite in five parts, which may be taken as referring to the legend of Krishna and the Gopis.”