Merce Cunningham, New York Theatre Ballet Scramble

Choreography by Merce Cunningham Music by Toshi Ichiyanagi, Activities for Orchestra Original set costumes by Frank Stella Lighting Design by Beverly Emmons, reconstructed by Kelly Martin Staged by Jennifer Goggans Set reconstructed by Will Viera Costumes reconstructed by Carnella Lauer Alexis Branagan, Joshua AndinoNieto, Giulia Faria, Mónica Lima, Dawn Gierling Milatin, Erez Milatin, Sean Stewart, Amanda Treiber Excerpt from Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years by David Vaughan: Scramble comprised eighteen sections of varying lengths, each of them selfcontained. They could be done in different orders on different occasions. Not all the sections would be danced each time generally about fifteen were. A complete performance would last about twentyeight minutes; as usually given, the length was about twenty. Performed to a live recording of the score featuring John Cage, David Behrman, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, Malcolm Goldstein, and Max Neuhaus. Scramble (1967) by Merce Cunningham