Locale (1978) - Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Charles Atlas, Merce Cunningham 1978, 29:54 min, color, sound In “Locale,“ Charles Atlas’ camera movements map precisely onto Cunningham’s choreography. Three kinds of cameras are used: Steadicam, a Movieola crab dolly and an Elemac dolly with a crane arm. “Locale“ is structured in four parts, based upon the use of specific cameras, dancers and time sequences. Atlas also designed the costumes, playing thematically with television and video technology by incorporating the hues of color television adjustment bars and the corresponding grayscale tones used to adjust black-and-white television monitors. Filmed in color, the bright leotards of the dancers are imprinted against the windows of the studio and its city backdrop. MUSICIANS Takehisa Kosugi DANCERS Karole Armitage, Louise Burns, Ellen Cornfield, Meg Eginton, Susan Emery, Lisa Fox, Lise Friedman, Alan Good, Catherine Kerr, Chris Komar, Robert Kovich, Joseph Lennon, Rob Remley, Jim Self MERCE CUNNINGH