"(...) Tapping into a rich and previously unseen archive of photographs, film footage, and unpublished writing by Cunningham, Noland counters understandings of Cunningham's influential embrace of the unintended to demonstrate that he in fact set limits on the role chance played in his dances. The book explores his relation not only to Cage, but also to Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, James Joyce, and Bill T. Jones. Ultimately, Noland shows that Cunningham approached movement as more that 'movement in itself', and that his work enacted archetypal human dramas."-- P.[4] de la couv.[-]

"Le 17 novembre 1996, il était justement l'invité d'une rencontre publique au Centre Pompidou, organisée dans le cadre de la manifestation Vidéodanse, films de danse, sur le thème "Chorégraphier pour la caméra". Cet ouvrage reprend l'intégralité des propos tenus par Merce Cunningham à cette occasion et les prolonge par des textes de ses interlocuteurs d'alors, Annie Suquet et Jean Pomarès (...)"--P. [4] de la couv.

Comprend une filmographie.[-]

"(...) The first half features the BBC's documentary: Interviews with Cunningham, Cage and members of the company, as well as scenes from rehearsals in New York and London that take the viewer through the complexities - and exhilaration - of briging new dance to television. The second half features 'Points in space' performed by Cunningham and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company."--Dos du conteneur.

Générique: Dancers, Helen Barrow, Merce Cunningham, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, David Kulick, Patricia Lent, Karen Radford, Rob Remley, Kristy Santimyer, Kevin Schroder, Robert Swinston, Megan Walker, Susan Quinn Young; choreography, Merce Cunningham; directed by, Elliot Caplan and Merce Cunningham; music, John Cage; costumes design, Dove Bradshaw; set design, Bill Anastasi.[-]