Field Dances at the Walker

Merce Cunningham's Field Dances: June 3 Public Workshops

The Walker Art Center invites local dancers, artists, and community members to participate in the reconstruction and showings of Merce Cunningham’s Field Dances (1963). To celebrate Merce Cunningham: Common Time, former Merce Cunningham Dance Company dancers Patricia Lent and Jamie Scott will conduct movement workshops for community dancers, culminating in outdoor public showings during the opening festivities of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.

The workshops on Saturday, June 3 are free and open to all. Anyone who attends a workshop is invited to participate in a public showing, immediately following in the garden.

ABOUT FIELD DANCES

Field Dances was choreographed by Merce Cunningham in 1963. The structure and performance of the dance are indeterminate: it can be done by any number of dancers, last any length of time, and be performed in any space. The material for the dance includes a series of simple movement phrases incorporating everyday movement like walking, running, skipping, falling, sitting, and leaning. The instructions for the phrases are both precise and open-ended, offering dancers opportunities to make choices while performing. Cunningham’s subtitle for the dance, “Dances for Everyone,” refers to his intention that the choreography can be done by people with varying levels of dance training and experience.

Please contact emily.gastineau@walkerart.org with any questions.

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