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CONTEMPORARY DANCE on FILM
SPLIT SIDES: The Choreography and Genius
of Merce Cunningham
This film presentation will be hosted and introduced by dance professionals from Surfscape Dance Theatre and special guest presenter Ann Sorvino. A renowned and respected dancer, choreographer, dance instructor and former dancer with the Merce Cunningham company, Ms Sorvino will be giving a presentation about her experiences as a member of Cunningham's company during the peak of his career as one of modern dance's foremost choreographers. SPLIT SIDES was one of Cunningham's late career works and is one of his most celebrated. The film presents an excellent overview of Cunningham's innovative aesthetic and dance methodology.
Movie admission by donation - No reserve theater seating. All screenings occur in the Southeast Museum of Photography's Madorsky Theater, Daytona campus of Daytona State College. Hosseini Center (Building 1200). Sorry, no popcorn!
Click HERE for detailed program information. Click HERE for Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theatre information. |
| Feature Presentation |  Saturday, October 29 at 2:00 pm
SPLIT SIDES: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Dir: Merce Cunningham, Charles Atlas (2009) 126 min.
Split Sides was a departure for MCDC in that, for the first time, the music was by two bands: Radiohead, the British alternative rock group, and Sigur Rós, the experimental group from Iceland.
Click HERE for more information.
Click HERE for background information from Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
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| ABOUT ANN SORVINO | | Ann Sorvino graduated from the Juilliard School and professionally performed the works of Merce Cunningham, Jose Limon, Paul Taylor and Mark Morris. She is currently the chair of the Performing Arts Department at Stoneleigh-Burnham School and is an adjunct professor of dance at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, MA. Ms Sorvino has been the director of The Sorvino Dance Project for 17 years which recently performed "TranscenDance" at Dance New Amsterdam in New York and "DownStream" at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton. For the past 14 years she has also directed the Sorvino Summer Dance Intensive. She is a regular participant in the summer dance programs at Jacob's Pillow and has also taught Merce Cunningham technique at Mt. Holyoke College. While in Florida, Ann will be setting her original Cunningham-inspired choreography for Volusia County's resident professional dance company, Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theatre. This work will debut in the spring of 2012. |
| ABOUT MERCE CUNNINGHAM | | Merce Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his isolated movement, development of "chance dance", and long list contributions to the field. He was a soloist and performed with Martha Graham's dance company from 1940 until 1955. He presented his first works in 1942 and formed his own dance company in 1953. He created innovative dances using the music of numerous avant-garde composers, including John Cage. He created nearly 200 dance pieces for his company and danced in all of them until he reached the age of 70. Cunningham is considered an American treasure. Cunningham is widely considered one of the world's greatest choreographers and one of the most influential trailblazers in modern dance. He is especially known for his collaborations with American artists, including Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. His later dances include Locale and Duets (both 1980); Fabrications (1987); Trackers (1991), the first work he created with the aid of a computer; Crwdspcr (1994); Installations (1996); Scenario (1997); Biped (1999), which uses motion-capture technology; Way Station (2001); Split Sides (2003), with music by the experimental rock bands Radiohead and Sigur Ros; Xover (2007); and Nearly Ninety (2009). |
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MUSEUM LOCATION
Unless noted otherwise, all museum exhibitions, events and films are presented at the Southeast Museum of Photography which is located on the Daytona Beach campus of Daytona State College at 1200 International Speedway Blvd, three miles east of 1-95.
The museum is located in the Mori Hosseini Center (Bld. 1200). Visitor parking is available. Gallery admission is free.
For detailed exhibition and program information visit www.smponline.org or call the museum information hotline at (386) 506-4475.
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Southeast Museum of Photography
A Service of Daytona State College
1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(386)506-4475
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