Antic Meet

Antic Meet

30 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1964

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.

Antic Meet

30 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1964

Antic Meet
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.
Producers
Original title Antic Meet
Directors Arne Arnbom, Merce Cunningham
Writers

Cast

Merce Cunningham

as Dancer

Carolyn Brown

as Dancer

Barbara Dilley

as Dancer

Viola Farber

as Dancer

Sandra Neels

as Dancer

Steve Paxton

as Dancer