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Cunningham - 3D

With dance you don't tell some story, the dance itself is the story, according to the pioneering and innovative American choreographer Merce Cunningham. A poetic portrait - in 3D.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

Cunningham

'I never was interested in dancing that referred to a mood or a feeling, or in a sense expressed the music... the dancing does not refer, it is what it is. It's that whole visual experience.' Words uttered by American choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) to express his view on dance as an art form; a rather revolutionising view at a time — the 1950s —when choreography was generally used as a vehicle for telling a story. For Cunningham, the choreography itself was the story. He introduced never-before-seen movements and used what he called "chance operations" in his choreography. Artists from other disciplines – including composer John Cage, visual artists Robert Rauschenberg and Bruce Nauman – enjoyed collaborating with Cunningham.

Filmmaker Alla Kovgan portrays Cunningham's life and work using archive footage, interviews and recordings of his main choreographies, beautifully combining all in a harmonious blending of poetry, music and dance, filmed in 3D.

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