Sixteen Dances for soloist and company of three



Category: Choreography (by Merce Cunningham)
Dated: 1951
Premiere: January 17, 1951 at Bennett Junior College, Millbrook, NY. Also performed January 21, 1951 at Hunter Playhouse in New York City. Second staging was premiered on December 30, 1953 in Theater de Lys, New York City. New production (Nos. 3, 5, 9, 11, 16): April 12, 1951, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Other staging: April 18, 1953, Alvin Theatre, New York City
Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Dorothy Berea, Mili Churchill, Anneliese Widman. Last staging: Merce Cunningham, Natanya Neumann, Joan Skinner, Anneliese Widman
Music: John Cage: Sixteen Dances for soloist and company of three (1951)
Design: Costumes and properties by Eleanor de Vito, John Cage, Remy Charlip and Merce Cunningham. Other items by Antoinette Larrabee, Constance Smith and Remy Charlip.


Also performed in parts. 16 parts: solo, trio, solo, duet, solo, quartet, solo, quartet, solo, duet, solo, trio, solo, quartet, duet, quartet