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photo by Emanuel Pimenta (2004)

 

 

 

 

website of the concerts

March 31st | Fabrications + Suite for Five
April 1st | Fabrications

 

March 31, Thursday, 3pm

New York City Center Theater

Studio 5

130 West 56th Street

New York City

 

Merce Cunningham Trust Workshop showing of Suite for Five and Fabrications

 

Suite for Five (1956)

Choreography: Merce Cunningham

Music: John Cage, Music for Piano

Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg

Staged by: Andrea Weber

 

Fabrications (1987)

Choreography: Merce Cunningham

Music: Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta, Short Waves 1985 (1985) and SBbr (1984)

Costumes & Decor: Dove Bradshaw

Staged by: Patricia Lent

 

Dancers: Christian Allen, Kara Chan, Erin Dowd, Reka Echerer, Lauren Ferguson, Kyle Gerry, Andrew Harper, Forrest Hersey, Ayaka Kamei, Vanessa Knouse, Pareena Lim, Benny Olk, Ryan Pliss, Savannah Spratt, Spencer Weidie

The costumes & decor for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company are now in the collection of the Walker Art Center. For workshop showings, these costumes & decor are not used.

 

 

 

April 1, Friday, 12:00

92nd Street Y, “Fridays at Noon”

Buttenwieser Hall

Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street

New York City

 

Fabrications (1987)

Choreography: Merce Cunningham

Music: Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta, Short Waves 1985 (1985) and SBbr (1984)

Costumes & Decor: Dove Bradshaw

Staged by: Patricia Lent

 

Dancers: Christian Allen, Kara Chan, Erin Dowd, Reka Echerer, Lauren Ferguson, Kyle Gerry, Andrew Harper, Forrest Hersey, Ayaka Kamei, Vanessa Knouse, Pareena Lim, Benny Olk, Ryan Pliss, Savannah Spratt, Spencer Weidie

 

Program Moderator: Alastair Macaulay

Panel of original cast members: Karen Eliot, David Kulick, Carol Teitelbaum, plus Cedric Andrieux from the 2002 revival.

 

online link for the event at the 92nd Street Y