Choreography / 1996

Installations

“Installations” was a work for fourteen dancers, made with the use of the LifeForms software. According to Cunningham, his idea for the dance came from a video installation by the company’s resident filmmaker, Elliot Caplan, based on the film “Beach Birds for Camera.” For this new dance, the décor was another video installation by Caplan, on which film images of the dancers were projected in groupings devised by Cunningham before the choreography of the dance was made. These images “prompted,” in Cunningham’s word, some of those in the dance itself. The music was by the Seattle-based German composer, Trimpin. Caplan collaborated with Suzanne Gallo on the costumes, and with Kelly Atallah on the lighting.

Details

Premiere Date

May 02, 1996

Premiere Venue

University of Washington

Premiere Location

Seattle, WA

Music

Trimpin, Thirteenstitches

Set

Elliot Caplan

Costumes

Suzanne Gallo

Elliot Caplan

Lighting

Elliot Caplan

Kelly Atallah

Duration

27 minutes

Original Cast

Kimberly Bartosik

Lisa Boudreau

Thomas Caley

Michael Cole

Jean Freebury

Frédéric Gafner (Foofwa d'Imobilité)

China Laudisio

Matthew Mohr

Banu Ogan

Jared Phillips

Glen Rumsey

Jeannie Steele

Robert Swinston

Cheryl Therrien

Other Choreography

Title
Duration
Year
Collaborator(s)
Beach Birds
Duration: 28 minutes
Year: 1991
Collab.: Cage, Skinner
Loosestrife
Duration: 30 minutes
Year: 1991
Collab.: Pugliese, Kielblock
Change of Address
Duration: 24 minutes
Year: 1992
Collab.: Zimmermann, Skinner
Enter
Duration: 60 minutes
Year: 1992
Collab.: Tudor, Cage, Skinner
Beach Birds for Camera (VideoDance)
Duration: 27 minutes, 50 seconds
Year: 1992
Collab.: Cage, Caplan, Skinner
Doubletoss
Duration: 30 minutes
Year: 1993
Collab.: Kosugi, Copp, Gallo
Touchbase
Duration: 33 minutes
Year: 1993
Collab.: Pugliese, Lancaster
CRWDSPCR
Duration: 27 minutes
Year: 1993
Collab.: King, Lancaster