Title 1. Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dancing - An Introduction to Cursive II by Reiner E. Moritz 22:32
Title 2. Cursive II (2003) 65:44
1. Opening credits 0:15
2. Sequence 1 - Four Women 9:20
3. Sequence 2 - Six Men 4:21
4. Sequence 3 - Duet I 2:53
5. Sequence 4 - Woman Solo 3:59
6. Sequence 5 - Nine Men 4:05
7. Sequence 6 - Four Duets 8:05
8. Sequence 7 - Duet II 3:20
9. Sequence 8 - Long Ann Temple 8:55
10. Sequence 9 - Man Solo 1:30
11. Sequence 10 - Trio 2:03
12. Sequence 11 - Finale 15:45
13. End credits 1:07
Title 3. Lin Hwai-min - Floating on the Ground 58:30
Documentary
1. I am a generator of energy
2. Moving from inside out
3. A total new experience
4. The boy in the red shirt
5. Return to Taiwan
6. Early Works
7. Buddha was not a god
8. Visual images of the Taiwanese
9. Flowing forever
10. Bamboo Dream
11. It's always the dancers that inspire me
12. The Cursive trilogy: traces of energy
13. A tremendous sense of freedom and turbulent beauty
Choreography: Lin Hwai-min
Music by John Cage (excerpts)
Approximate sequence of music:
00:00 Wind, followed by silence
01:18 Five3 (1991)
10:39 Wind
11:26 Sixty-Eight (1992)
13:16 Five (1988, first version)
16:51 Five4 (1991)
20:50 Sixty-Eight (1992)
36:21 Ryoanji (1983-85)
45:16 Wind
45:42 Sixty-Eight (1992)
46:47 Five (1988, second version)
51:27 Seventy-Four (1992)
64:35 Wind
Five3: Monique Buzzarté, trombone. The Arditti String Quartet: Irvine Arditti and David Alberman, violin. Garth Knox, viola. Rohan de
Saram, cello. Recorded at Hall C, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York on December 2, 1993.
Taken from Mode 75 Sixty-Eight: Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt conducted by Lucas Vis. Live recording: November 6, 1992, at Sendesaal Hessischer
Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany. Taken from Hat Art CD 6168 Five (first version): Ensemble Avantgarde: Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. Andreas Seidel, violin. Tilman Büning, violin.
Ivo Bauer, viola. Matthias Moosdorf, cello. Digital recording: August 17-18, 1995 at Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolsen, Germany and
October 26, 1995 in Leipzig. Taken from MDG 613 0701-2 Ryoanji: Ives Ensemble: Rik Andriessen, flute. Coen van 't Hof, trombone. Arnold Marinissen, percussion.
Digital recording: February 20-22, 1994 at Theater Romein, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Taken from
Hat Art CD 6159 Five4: Ulrich Krieger, soprano sax. Reimar Volker, alto sax. Friedemann Werzlau,
Raymond Kaczynski, Andreas Peters, percussion. Digital recording: November 1-3, 1999 at the Studios of the SFB in Berlin, Germany.
Taken from Mode 104.
Five (second version): Ensemble Avantgarde: Ralf Mielke, flute. Matthias Kreher, clarinet. Bernd Bartels, trumpet. Josef Christof, harmonium.
Salome Kammer, voice. Digital recording: August 17-18, 1995 at Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolsen, Germany and
October 26, 1995 in Leipzig. Taken from MDG 613 0701-2 Seventy-Four: American Composers Orchestra. Dennis Russell Davies, conductor.
Digital recording: January 1997 at SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center, Theater A, New York.
Taken from ECM New Series 1696.
All Formats and all Regions
Picture format: 16:9
Approximate running time: 147 Mins
Sound: DTS surround / LPCM stereo
Subtitles: English, Franch, German, Spanish, Italian (Extra Features only)
Set design: Austin Wang
Lighting design: Lin Keh-hua
Costume design: Lin Jing-ru
DVD released in April 2006
Sources: Original DVD, Opus Arte website and information provided by Laura Kuhn and
Rod Stasick (through 'Silence - The John Cage discussion list')
