Antic Meet (1964)

Antic Meet

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 30M

Director : Merce Cunningham, Arne Arnbom

Synopsis

Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with Cunningham moving among the other dancers as a clown-like figure "who falls in love with a society whose rules he doesn't know," and concludes much in the same way, as he attempts to keep up with the dancers, each with their own movements, as they dance diagonally across the stage. Cage provided the musical accompaniment, using a version of Concert for Piano and Orchestra, and Rauschenberg designed the costumes, which included fur coats and parachute dresses over black leotards.

Actors

Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Dancer
Carolyn Brown
Carolyn Brown
Dancer
Barbara Dilley
Barbara Dilley
Dancer
Viola Farber
Viola Farber
Dancer
Sandra Neels
Sandra Neels
Dancer
Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton
Dancer

Crews

Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Director
Arne Arnbom
Arne Arnbom
Director