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6 Brooklyn Academy of Music Merce Cunningham and Dance Company 70s Do0Cf- 6 Brooklyn Academy of Music 1969 - 70 Season Merce Cunningham and Dance Company JANUARY 5 - 16, 1970 L us ABRAHAM ToC 4/1 COMING AND UP CROCHETS look the new Catch at A&S year of the and and airy light in crocheted put with-it... maxi and one mini This more togethers.... lots acrylic for festive in store season-spanning! 1' JANUARY 1970 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / 3 Festival of Dance 69-70 THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC presents Merce Cunningham and Dance Company Dancers: Merce Cunningham with Carolyn Brown and Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Susana Hayman-Chaffey Jeff Slayton Chase Robinson Mel Wong Douglas Dunn and Viola Farber, guest artist Choreography: Merce Cunningham Music: John Cage David Tudor Gordon Mumma Lighting: Richard Nelson Artistic Advisor: Jasper Johns Merce Cunningham and Dance Company are a resident company of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Brooklyn Academy of Music wishes to thank the Ford Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts for helping to support these performances. Program subject to change. The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Baldwin is the official piano of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 4 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / JANUARY 1970 The Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a department of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The Governing Committee Ticket Reservation Systems - TICKETRON Seth S. Faison, Chairman Edward S. Reid, Vice Chairman Computerized ticket selling system which Monroe D. Stein, Vice Chairman permits purchase of tickets to Academy Hon. Alexander Aldrich events at the following locations: Bernard S. Barr MANHATTAN: Mrs. H. Naughton Bell Dr. William M. Birenbaum Gimbels 33rd St.; Chase Manhattan Bank, Donald M. Blinken 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza and 52nd St. John R. H. Blum & 6th Ave.; Grand Central Station, Infor- Pat Carter mation and Balcony Areas; Hunter College William B. Hewson Concert Bureau, 695 Park Avenue; TRS, Rev. W. G. Henson Jacobs 77 Third Avenue. Howard H. Jones BROOKLYN: Max L. Koeppel Msgr. Raymond S. Leonard Chase Manhattan Bank, Court and Mon- Mrs. George Liberman tague Sts.; Four Season Ticket Informa- Harvey Lichtenstein tion Association, 1625 Jerome Ave.; Free- Mrs. Constance J. McQueen dom National Bank, 493 Nostrand Ave. Alan J. Patricof James Q. Riordan QUEENS: William Tobey Gertz, 135-50 Roosevelt Ave., and 162-10 Jamaica Ave. Administrative Staff Harvey Lichtenstein, LONG ISLAND: Director Gimbels, Roosevelt Field and Valley Lewis L. Lloyd, Stream; Gertz, Hicksville; Austin Travel, General Manager Hempstead; Sears, Huntington. Charles Hammock, Asst. General Manager WESTCHESTER: Walter Price, Asst. Director, Press & Public Relations Gimbels, Cross County Shopping Center; Thomas Kerrigan, B. 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John Van Buskirk, Master Carpenter Edward Cooney, Assistant CONNECTICUT: Donald Beck, Chief Electrician Gimbels, Stamford; Grand Union, Green- Louis Beck, Assistant wich; Lafayette Radio, Danbury; Stoler's, John Cooney, Property Manager Darien; Yale Cooperative Corp., 77 Broad- Charles Brette, Custodian way, New Haven. IN CASE OF FIRE, WALK, DO NOT RUN, TO THE NEAREST EXIT. JANUARY 1970 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / 5 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Mr. Alexander Aldrich Mrs. Edward M. Fuller Mr. Warren H. Phillips Miss Marian Anderson Mr. Andrew L. Gornory Mr. Rutherford Platt Hon. Emil N. Baar Mr. Covington Hardee Mr. Eben W. Pyne Mr. Edward K. Bachman Mr. F. Warren Hellman Mr. Edward S. Reid Mr. Bernard S. Barr Mr. J. Victor Herd Mr. Frederick W. Richmond Mrs. H. Haughton Bell Dr. James McN. Hester Mr. James Q. Riordan Mr. Donald F. Benjamin Mr. William B. Hewson Mrs. Thomas H. Roulston Dr. William Birenbaurn Mr. John E. 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Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Susana Hayman-Chaffey Jeff Slayton Chase Robinson Mel Wong Decor: After Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum, supervised by Jasper Johns INTERMISSION SECOND HAND (1970) John Cage (First performance) (Cheap Imitation) PART I Merce Cunningham PART II Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown PART Ill Merce Cunningham Carolyn Brown Sandra Neels Valda Setterfield Meg Harper Susana Hayman-Chaffey Jeff Slayton Chase Robinson Mel Wong Douglas Dunn Decor: Jasper Johns Piano: John Cage The production of Second
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