Merce Cunningham Collection - Vol. 1

A collection of dance films featuring the renowned Merce Cummingham Dance Company. Deli Commedia: Deli Commedia is conceived as a slapstick comedy, Cunningham''s nod to the improvised farces of the Italian 18th-century commedia dell''arte and to the two-reel comedies of the silent screen. The score - I Can''t Go On to the Next Thing, Till I Find Out More About You, by Pat Richter, Cunningham''s favourite class accompanist - functioned like the piano accompaniments to silent films. Sight gags, kinetic jokes, cakewalking, tango, lindy hop and imaginative juxtapositions of bodies, props and special effects figures in the choreography. Changing Steps: Merce Cunningham choreographed Changing Steps in 1973 and it was first included in a performance given at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. In its original form it consisted of a solo dance for each member of the company, 5 duets, 3 trios, 2 quartets, and 2 quintets, which could be performed in any order, and separately or overlapping if space allowed. Beach Birds For Camera: Beach Birds For Camera is a wide-screen film adaptation of a dance work originally made for the stage, featuring Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Format: PAL
Language English
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Quantum Leap
DVD Release Date: 30 May 2006
Run Time: 81 minutes