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The pieces below represent the current repertory of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Performances are by the Merce Cunningham Dancers. To purchase videos about Merce and the Company, Shop Merce Online! To help Donate Now!

Suite for Five
(1956–1958)

Music: John Cage, Music for Piano
Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: Beverly Emmons
Crises
(1960)

Music: Conlon Nancarrow (from Rhythm Studies for Player Piano)
Costumes, Lighting: Robert Rauschenberg
Second Hand
(1970)

Music: John Cage, (Cheap Imitation)
Décor & Costumes: Jasper Johns
Lighting: Christine Shallenberg
Sounddance
(1975)

Music: David Tudor,
Toneburst & Untitled 1975/1994
Décor, Lighting, Costumes:
Mark Lancaster
Fabrications
(1987)

Music: Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta, Short Waves & SBbr
Décor, Costumes: Dove Bradshaw
Lighting: Josh Johnson
CRWDSPCR
(1993)

Music: John King, blues 99
Décor, Lighting, Costumes:
Mark Lancaster
Ocean
(1994)

Music: David Tudor,
Soundings: Ocean Diary and
Andrew Culver, Ocean 1-95
Décor, Lighting, Costumes:
Marsha Skinner
BIPED
(1999)

Music: Gavin Bryars, Biped
Décor: Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar
Costumes: Suzanne Gallo
Lighting: Aaron Copp
Split Sides
(2003)

Music: Radiohead, Sigur Ros
Décor: Robert Heishman,
Catherine Yass
Costumes: James Hall
Lighting: James F. Ingalls

Views on Stage
(2004)

Music: John Cage, ASLSP
and Music for Two
Décor: Ernesto Neto, Other Animal
Costumes: James Hall
Lighting: Josh Johnson

eyeSpace
(2006)

Music: Mikel Rouse,

International Cloud Atlas
Décor:Henry Samelson, Blues Arrive Not Anticipating What Transpires Even Between Themselves
Costumes:Henry Samelson
Lighting: Josh Johnson

eyeSpace
(2007)

Music: David Behrman, Long Throw and/or Annea Lockwood, Jitterbug
Décor:Daniel Arsham, ODE/EON
Costumes:Daniel Arsham
Lighting: Josh Johnson


XOVER
(2007)

Music: John Cage, Aria (1958) and Fontana Mix (1958).
Décor & Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg, Plank
Lighting: Josh Johnson



Company Schedule


The company schedule lists where and when all current repertory pieces will be performed. Learn more in Schedule.


Studio & Classes


The Merce Cunningham Studio is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance. The Studio continues to be the source of Cunningham dance technique at the professional level, providing dancers with an ongoing experience in learning to see, understand, and explore movement. Learn more in Studio & Classes.