| Year / Length: | 2009, 108', 16mm colour anamorphic film, optical sound |
|---|---|
| In memory of: | Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009 |
| By : | Tacita Dean |
| With: | Merce Cunningham and Brandon Collwes, Julie Cunningham, Emma Desjardins, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans, Daniel Madoff, Rashaun Mitchell, Koji Mizuta, Marcie Munnerlyn, Silas Riener, Daniel Squire, Robert Swinston, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber |
| Directors of photography: | John Adderley, Jamie Cairney |
| Sound: | Steve Felton, James Harrison |
| Head of production: | Noorhayati Said |
| Clapper loader: | Sara Deane |
| Stills photographer: | Michael Vahrenwald |
| Sound recordists: | Steve Felton, Claudia Katayangi |
| Camera assistants: | Matteo Bordicu, Rick Ewald |
| Production assistants: | Ru Shium Gott, Genevieve McCarty, Bill Pope and Krista Ruet |
| Editor: | Tacita Dean |
| Sound editors: | James Harrison, Steve Felton |
| Thanks to: | The Sound Design Company |
| Titles: | trickWILK |
| Rushes: | FotoKem, Los Angeles |
| Telecine: | Arion Communications |
| Neg cut: | Reel Skill Film Cutting Ltd |
| Optical sound transfer: | Martin Sawyer Sound Services |
| First printed by: | Soho Film Lab, London |
| Thanks to: | Len Thornton and John Heath |
| Installation: | Kenneth Graham, KS Objectiv |
| Originated on: | Kodak Motion Picture Film |
| Special thanks to: | Merce Cunningham and the Merce Cunningham Trust, Eddie Orton, James Madsen, Marian Goodman and Jane Hamlyn; Rose Lord, Dale McFarland elostaffdi/andthestaffof Marian Goodman Gallery (New York/ Paris) and Frith Street Gallery (London), Cal Performances, Performa 09, Danspace, Simeon Corless, Jeff Williams, Josefine Ciervo, Ariane Pauls, Natalia Stachon, Tara Khan, Mathew Hale |
| With the support of: | Frith Street Gallery (London) Marian Goodman Gallery (New York/Paris) |
Dance
Tacita Dean - Craneway Event
Description
Acclaimed artist Tacita Dean offers a film portrait of late choreographer Merce Cunningham as he leads his dancers in three days of rehearsal for one of his dance Events in the former Ford Assembly Plant in Richmond, California. The plant’s expansive windows allow shifting light and views of the San Francisco Bay to play a role alongside the dancers, complementing their movements. Completed just months after Cunningham’s passing, Craneway Event is a poetic homage to the avant-garde master.