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Antic Meet

First aired on Jan 1, 1964

Runtime: 27 mins

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Genres: Documentary, Music

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Merce Cunningham | Dancer
Carolyn Brown | Dancer
Barbara Dilley | Dancer
Viola Farber | Dancer
Sandra Neels | Dancer
Steve Paxton | Dancer
Featured Crew
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Merce Cunningham | Choreographer
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Robert Rauschenberg | Costume Design
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John Cage | Music
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Arne Arnbom | Director