Merce Cunningham and Dance Company / Brooklyn Academy of Music

Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Lloyd, Sandra Neels, Valda Setterfield, Meg Harper, Albert Reid, Gus Solomons JR., John Cage, Velvet Underground

Program for performances held May 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 1968. Program notes "Music by Velvet Underground." Performances included Scramble (1967) with music by Toshi Ichiyanagi, costumes by Frank Stella, musicians included David Behrman, John Cage, Malcolm Goldstein, Gordon Mumma, Max Neuhaus, David Tudor; RainForest (1968) with music by Tudor, decor by Andy Warhol, musicians Mumma and Tudor; How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run (1966) with music by Cage, readers Cage and David Vaughan; Variations V (1965) with music by Cage, film sequences by Stan VanDerBeek, electronics by Billy Klüver, Robert Moog; Place (1966) with music by Mumma, decor and costumes by Beverly Emmons, bandoneon by Tudor and cybersonic console by Mumma; Nocturnes (1965) with music by Erik Satie, decor and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg, piano by Cage; Winterbranch (1964) with music by LaMonte Young, costumes, decor and lighting by Rauschenberg supervised by Emmons; Field Dances (1963) with music by Cage, costumes by Remy Charlip, Untitled Solo (1953) with music by Christian Wolff, piano by Tudor; Walkaround Time (1968) with music by David Behrman, decor "after Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum - supervised by Jasper Johns," musicians Behrman, Mumma, Tudor; Suite for Five (1953 - 1958) with music by Cage, costumes by Rauschenberg, pianos by Cage and Tudor; and Collage III with music by Pierre Schaeffer. ... [details]