Beach Birds/ Beach Birds for Camera



Category: Choreography (by Merce Cunningham)
Dated: 1991
Premiere: June 20, 1991 in Theatre 11, Zürich, Switzerland (first production)
Dancers: Helen Barrow, Kimberly Bartosik, Michael Cole, Victoria Finlayson, Alan Good, David Kulick, Larissa McGoldrick, Randall Sanderson, Robert Swinston, Carol Teitelbaum, Jenifer Weaver
Music: John Cage: Four3 (1991)
Design: Marsha Skinner (costumes and lighting)


The second production of this choreography, entitled Beach Birds for Camera, is the (slightly revised) filmversion of the dance, with three additional dancers (). The film was directed by Elliot Caplan. Design by Elliot Caplan, Tim Nelson, Matthew Williams, Marsha Skinner. It was filmed in December 1991 at Kaufman Astoria Studios and Industria Superst