Karole Armitage, Louise Burns, Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Meg Eginton, Susan Emery, Lisa Fox, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, Jim Self A documentary on the making of the filmdance Locale . The work is a fascinating lesson on the methods used and problems encountered in filming dance movement. Cunningham candidly reveals his ideas on dance through interviews, and footage from rehearsal at the Cunningham studios. This videotape is in two parts. In the first part, Merce Cunningham and John cage discuss in separate interviews, the influence of the other on his own work, as well as their collaboration together in the theater, the relationship between movement and sound and their use of chance operations.
Interviews alternate with footage from earlier works that illustrate their style and aesthetic.
Five Segments augment this documentary. This 55 minute program is in two parts. The second part, the filmdance Coast Zone , is available separately. The first part of the program features a revealing and informal discussion between Cunningham and his longtime collaborators, composer and musician John Cage and artist Robert Rauschenberg. They discuss designing and composing for dance, aesthetic philosophies, and the adventures encountered when touring and performing together.