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Untitled Solo (1953) Christian Wolff (For Piano I) Merce Cunningham Piano: David Tudor INTERMISSION 2 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC a ABRAHAM* iA 111 fs " The bra dress at ... bare right to there Getting down to the bare facts is the dress with the bra built-in. One piece of pure dressing shows more of you more wonderfully than ever before! See the expose now at A&S. ly :SKIF.4410- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 3 THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC in cooperation with the New York State Council on the Arts presents MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY MERCE CUNNINGHAM with CAROLYN BROWN and BARBARA LLOYD SANDRA NEELS VALDA SETTERFIELD MEG HARPER ALBERT REID GUS SOLOMONS, JR. JEFF SLAYTON Jasper Johns: Artistic Advisor John Cage: Musical Director David Tudor: Piano and Sound System Gordon Mumma: Sound System Beverly Emmons: Lighting Designer /Yaf, 07?65 w.1 4 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC The Governing Committee and the Director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music take pleasure in welcoming the audience and the Opening Night Benefit Guests to the premiere of the first major New York season of Merce Cunningham and Dance Company Holders of Benefit tickets are requested to present their cards of admission to the Champagne Reception and Rock Dance in the lobby immediately following the performance Music by The Velvet Underground Latin American Buffet courtesy of Consulate General of Venezuela Consulate General of Mexico Honorary Chairman-The Honorable John V. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York Co-Chairmen-Senora Lauro Soutello Alves, Mrs. Paul West, Mr. David Rockefeller, Jr. Of the Benefit to assist the forthcoming Latin American tour of Merce Cunningham and Dance Company and the Dance Program of the Brooklyn Academy of Music "Dancing has a continuity of its own that need not be dependent upon either the rise and fall of sound (music) or the pitch and cry of words (literary ideas). Its force of feeling lies in the physical image, fleeting or static. It can and does evoke all sorts of individual responses in the single spectator. These dances may be seen in this light." Merce Cunningham BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 5 OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Scramble (1967) Toshi Ichiyanagi (Activities for Orchestra) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Satterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Frank Stella Musicians: David Behrman, John Cage, Malcolm Goldstein, Gordon Mumma, Max Neuhaus, David Tudor INTERMISSION Rain Forest (1968) David Tudor (First New York Performance) (Rain Forest) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor: Andy Warhol Musicians: Gordon Mumma and David Tudor INTERMISSION How To Pass, Kick, Fall and Run (1966) John Cage Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Satterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Peter Saul Jeff Slayton Readers: John Cage David Vaughan PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE Mcs ,OW5 6 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Variations V (1965) John Cage (Variations V) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Peter Saul Jeff Slayton Film sequences: Stan VanDerBeek Electronics: Billy Kluver and Robert Moog Variations V was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic French-American Festival, 1965. INTERMISSION Place (1966) Gordon Mumma (Mesa) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Peter Saul Valda Setterfield Albert Reid Sandra Neels Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Beverly Emmons Bandoneon: David Tudor Cybersonic console: Gordon Mumma The production of Place was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. INTERMISSION Nocturnes (1956) Erik Satie (Nocturnes) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Robert Rauschenberg Piano: John Cage PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 7 FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Scramble (1967) Toshi Ichiyanagi (Activities for Orchestra) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Frank Stella Musicians: David Behrman, John Cage, Malcolm Goldstein, Gordon Mumma, Max Neuhaus, David Tudor INTERMISSION Winterbranch (1964) LaMonte Young (2 sounds (April 1960)) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg After original decor and lighting by Robert Rauschenberg-supervised by Beverly Emmons INTERMISSION How To Pass, Kick, Fall and Run (1966) John Cage Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Peter Saul Jeff Slayton Readers: John Cage David Vaughan PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE 8 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY 11 PROGRAM Field Dances (1963) John Cage (Variations IV) Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Satterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Costumes: Remy Char lip PAUSE Untitled Solo (1953) Christian Wolff (For Piano I) Merce Cunningham Piano: David Tudor INTERMISSION Walkaround Time (1988) David Behrman (First New York Performance) r. for nearly an hour .. .") Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Satterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Gus Solomons, Jr. Jeff Slayton Decor: After Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum-supervised by Jasper Johns. Musicians: David Behrman, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 9 THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Suite For Five (1953-1958) John (Music for Piano 4-84) Solo: At Random Solo: A Meander Trio: Transition Solo: Stillness Duet: Extended Moment Solo: Excursion Quintet: Meetings The events and sounds of this dance revolve around a quiet center, which, though silent and unmoving, is the source from which they happen. Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg Pianos: John Cage and David Tudor INTERMISSION Rain Forest (1968) David Tudor (Rain Forest) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor: Andy Warhol Musicians: Gordon Mumma and David Tudor INTERMISSION Place (1966) Gordon Mumma (Mesa) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Albert Reid Peter Saul Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Beverly Emmons Bandoneon: David Tudor Cybersonic console: Gordon Mumma The production of Place was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE 10 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Variations V (1965) John Cage (Variations V) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Peter Saul Jeff Slayton Film sequences: Stan VanDerBeek Electronics: Billy Khiver and Robert Moog Variations V was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic French-American Festival, 1965. INTERMISSION Winterbranch (1964) La Monte Young (2 sounds (April 1960)) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg After original decor and lighting by Robert Rauschenberg-supervised by Beverly Emmons INTERMISSION Nocturnes (1956) Erik Satie (Nocturnes) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Robert Rauschenberg Piano: John Cage PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Place (1966) Gordon Mumma (Mese) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Albert Reid Peter Saul Jeff Slayton Decor and costumes: Beverly Emmons Bandoneon: David Tudor Cybersonic console: Gordon Mumma The production of Place was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. INTERMISSION Walkaround Time (1968) David Behrman (". .. for nearly an hour . .") Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Gus Solomons, Jr. Jeff Slayton Decor: After Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum-supervised by Jasper Johns. Musicians: David Behrman, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE 12 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1968 MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM Collage III (1958) Pierre Schaeffer with the collaboration of Pierre Henri (Eroica, Apostrophe, and Strette from Symphonic pour un homme soul) Merce Cunningham PAUSE Field Dances (1963) (Variationsnak) Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Costumes: Remy Char lip INTERMISSION RainForest (1968) David Tudor (RainForest) Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Albert Reid Jeff Slayton Decor: Andy Warhol Musicians: Gordon Mumma and David Tudor INTERMISSION Walkaround Time (1968) David Behrman (". for nearly an hour . .") Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Barbara Lloyd Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Albert Reid Gus Solomons, Jr. Jeff Slayton Decor: After Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum-supervised by Jasper Johns. Musicians: David Behrman, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE ABSOLUTELY NO PICTURE TAKING PERMITTED BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 13 A MOVEMENT, A SOUND, A CHANGE OF LIGHT Merce Cunningham, who was
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