Merce Cunningham Movies

  • 1964
    Night Wandering

    Night Wandering

    Night Wandering

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    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
  • 1975
    Westbeth

    Westbeth

    Westbeth

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    “Westbeth” was Cunningham’s first video collaboration with Charles Atlas, and the first video project to be made at the Merce...

    Westbeth
  • 1981
    Channels/Inserts

    Channels/Inserts

    Channels/Inserts

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    This work was a dance shot for film at the Cunningham studio. Staging for Channels/Inserts was divided among the main studio, the small studio and...

    Channels/Inserts
  • 1970
    BIPED

    BIPED

    BIPED

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    The décor for BIPED is an exploration into the possibilities of motion capture technology. The movements (but not the physical appearances) of...

    BIPED
  • 1966
    Variations V

    Variations V

    Variations V

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    A multi-media event with choreographed dance, mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music activated by the...

    Variations V
  • 1980
    Locale

    Locale

    Locale

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    Locale was designed to explore the possibilities of moving cameras and moving dancers in a film. Filmed at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New...

    Locale