The annual Screen Dance Film Screening will take place on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 7:30pm in the Grace St Theatre. The screening will showcase various forms of dance on film as a documentary, archive, and screen dance as a medium. and focus on films about Merce Cunningham, who has been described as “one of the greatest American dance artists.”
VCU Dance Alumni, Jelani Taylor, who has worked closely with the Merce Cunningham Trust, has curated the films and will co-host the event. Visiting guest artist and Cunningham teacher, Andrea Weber, will also be in attendance.
The following films will be screened:
- Mondays with Merce: Merce as Model, with Gus Solomons, Jr.
- Crises
- CrossCurrents
- WinterBranch
- RainForest
- Pond Way
- BIPED
- Events
- Mondays with Merce: The Last Interview
Andrea Weber was a dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2004 – 2011. Andrea regularly teaches Cunningham Technique and repertory for the Merce Cunningham Trust. She has taught at UArts, the Hartt School, Barnard College, SUNY Purchase, UNCSA, Brown University, Skidmore College, the American Dance Festival, ArcDanz Festival, NYU Tisch, ABT Studio Company and Salem State College. Andrea has staged Duets for Wiener Staatsballett, Exchange and Scenario for the Lyon Opera Ballet, Pond Way for Ballett am Rhein and Ballet Vlaanderen, Suite for Five for the CNSMD in Lyon, RainForest for the Stephen Petronio Company, Travelogue and Sounddance at UNCSA, How To Pass, Kick, Fall and Run for Boston Conservatory and the American Dance Festival and the Skidmore Event in the Tang Museum at Skidmore College. Andrea arranged and staged the Events for the Merce Cunningham: Common Time exhibit at both the Walker Arts Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. For Merce Cunningham’s Centennial, Andrea was the primary stager for Night of 100 Solos: LA. Andrea has been awarded ten Merce Cunningham Trust Fellowships since 2012, reconstructing dances including Travelogue, Ocean, CRWDSPCR, and Second Hand.