Antic Meet / Ett Nummer



Category: Choreography (by Merce Cunningham)
Dated: 1958
Premiere: August 14, 1958 at the 11th American Dance Festival, Connecticut College, New London, CT. Also performed February 16, 1960 at Phoenix Theatre, New York City. Second production: October 5, 1958 at the Kungl.Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Cynthia Stone, Marilyn Wood, Remy Charlip
Music: John Cage: Concert for piano and orchestra (1957-58). Sometimes: Solo for Piano (1957-58) with Fontana Mix (1958), or WBAI (1960); Second production: John Cage: Variations I (1958)
Design: Robert Rauschenberg (scenery and costumes)


9 (10?) parts: opener - room for two - mockgame - sports and diversions #1 - sports and diversions #2 - social - bacchus and cohorts - sports and diversions #3 - a single - exodus. Second production by Merce Cunningham and Carolyn Brown: "Ett Nummer", which is the solo 'a single'