A seminal figure of the twentieth-century avant-garde, American choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) engaged the boundaries of dance for more than seventy years. Emerging from and expanding upon traditions of theater, classical ballet and modern dance, Cunningham radically rearticulated the semiotics of the dancing body and created a distinctive language that survives him. Throughout his long career, Cunningham collaborated with a number of filmmakers and video artists, including Charles Atlas, on a series of pioneering dance pieces created specifically for the camera. full biography
1966, 49:05, b&w, sound
1973, 51:06 min, color, sound
1976, 25:46 min, b&w, sound
1978, 32:59 min, color and b&w, sound
1978, 29:54 min, color, sound
1978/2013, 40:19 min, color, sound
1982, 32:11 min, color, sound
1983, 27:07 min, color, sound
1987, 56:04 min, color, sound
1991, 95:55 min, color and b&w, sound
1993, 30:01 min, color and b&w, sound
1996, 52:12 min, color, sound
2008, 29:37 min, color, sound
2011, 100:28 min, color, sound
1991, 95:55 min, color and b&w, sound
1987, 56:04 min, color, sound
1973, 28:30 min, color, sound
1988, 47 min, color, sound
1984, 38 min, color, sound
Merce Cunningham and Charles Atlas
1975-76, 15:38 min, color, sound