Program catalogue for performances by the Merce Cunningahm and Dance Company held Tuesday, December 29 1953 through Sunday, January 3, 1954. Contains complete documentation of eight performances held at The Theater de Lys, 121 Christopher Street, New York. Program credits John Cage as musical director, and David Tudor as pianist. Performances consist of Root of an Unfocus (Cage); Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Banjo to Banjo (Tudor); Erik Satie, La diva de l''''"Empire" to Two-Step (Cage); Erik Satie, Trois morceaux en forme de poire (with Tudor) to Septet; Christian Wolff, For Magnetic Tape to Suite by Chance (December 29); Part I and IV of Amores to Amores; from Music for Piano 4-19 (with Tudor) to Solo Suite in Space and Time; Totem Ancestor; A Valentine out of Season to Trio; Pierre Boulez, Etude à un son and Etude II (both on tape) to Fragments; Pierre Schaeffer, excerpts from Symphonie pour un homme seul to Collage; Erik Satie, Ragtime-Parade (December 30); from Music for Piano to Solo Suite in Space and Time; Erik Satie, Ragtime-Parade; Erik Satie, Trois morceaux en forme de poire (with Tudor) to Septet; Christian Wolff, For Piano I (Tudor) to Untitled Solo; various nineteenth-century piano pieces (Tudor) to Dime a Dance (December 31); A Valentine out of Season to Trio; Pierre Schaeffer, excerpts from Symphonie pour un homme seul to Collage; Morton Feldman, Variations to Variation; Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Banjo to Banjo (Tudor); Christian Wolff, For Magnetic Tape to Suite by Chance (January 1); Part I and IV of Amores to Amores; Totem Ancestor; Pierre Boulez, Etude à un son and Etude II (both on tape) to Fragments; Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Banjo to Banjo (Tudor); Erik Satie, Ragtime-Parade; various nineteenth-century piano pieces (Tudor) to Dime a Dance (January 2, matinee); from Music for Piano to Solo Suite in Space and Time; Root of an Unfocus; Morton Feldman, Variations to Variation; Erik Satie, Ragtime-Parade; Erik Satie, Trois morceaux en forme de poire (with Tudor) to Septet; Christian Wolff, For Magnetic Tape to Suite by Chance (January, 2, evening); Pierre Schaeffer, excerpts from Symphonie pour un homme seul to Collage; Erik Satie, Ragtime-Parade; Erik Satie, Trois morceaux en forme de poire (with Tudor) to Septet; various nineteenth-century piano pieces (Tudor) to Dime a Dance (January 3, matinee); Pierre Boulez, Etude à un son and Etude II (both on tape) to Fragments; Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Banjo to Banjo (Tudor); Erik Satie, Trois morceaux en forme de poire (with Tudor) to Septet; Christian Wolff, For Piano I (Tudor) to Untitled Solo; Christian Wolff, For Magnetic Tape to Suite by Chance; (January 3, evening); programs included nine choreographies (Septet; Banjo; Suite by Chance; from Music for Piano to Solo Suite in Space and Time; Collage; Fragments; Untitled Solo; Dime a Dance; Variation) in eight performances. Additionally program incorporates text edited by Rachel Rosenthal outlining the history of these performances. Dancers credited: Carolyn Brown, Anita Dencks, Viola Farber, Jo Anne Melsher, Marianne Preger, Remy Charlip, Paul Taylor. "The artistic collaboration of Remy Charlip, Irving Eisenstot, June Herman, Eileen Holding, Elisabeth Parsons, Bob [Robert] Rauschenberg, Charlotte Trowbridge, and Eleanor de Vito is gratefully acknowledged."