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LEADER TAPE, COUNTDOWN
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TITLE CARDS: RAINFOREST, PBL, 1968, FIRST PERFORMANCE OF MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANYM CREDITS, SET DESIGN BY ANDY WARHOL, MUSICAL DIRECTOR - JOHN CAGE, ARTISTIC ADVISOR -JASPER JOHNS
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| 00:00:47 47.68 |
CU OF JOHN CAGE READING MUSIC, CUT TO CU OF ACTIONS OF PIANO KEYS
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| 00:01:22 82.28 |
PRETTY WOMEN IN AUDIENCE, 1960S STYLE
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| 00:01:29 89.13 |
ECU OF JOHN CAGE
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| 00:01:33 93.15 |
CU OF PIANO STRINGS, CUT TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS, CUT TO JOHN CAGE'S HALF HIDDEN FACE
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| 00:01:57 117.22 |
FEMALE DANCERS ON STAGE, MODERN DANCE, MERCE CUNNINGHAM
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| 00:02:21 141.94 |
MERCE CUNNINGHAM TALKS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO BE LABELED, BUT IS INTERESTED IN NEW THINGS
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| 00:02:44 164.72 |
MERCE CUNNINGHAM DIRECTS HIS DANCERS, CUT TO SLOW MOTION, ALMOST STOP ACTION, ABSTRACT FILM TECHNIQUE
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| 00:05:01 301.37 |
MERCE CUNNINGHAM TALKS ABOUT PRESENTING RATHER THAN INTERPRETATIONS BY THE DANCER, WILL PRESENT THE DANCE AND THE MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER, CUT TO DANCERS PRACTICING
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| 00:06:04 364.4 |
DANCERS ON STAGE, JASPPER JOHNS CUTS SLITS IN THE COSTUMES, ARTIST DIRECTOR, FLOATING HELIUM BALLOONS "SILVER PILLOWS" BY ANDY WARHOL
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| 00:06:48 408.08 |
NARRATOR DESCRIBES THE FIRST TIME ALL THE ELEMENTS WILL BE BROUGHT TOGETHER,WS OF DARK STAGE, POV AUDIENCE
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| 00:07:01 421.54 |
MS OF MALE DANCER, ZOOM OUT, DANCERS STRETCHING AND SLIDING AROUND ON FLOOR
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| 00:10:21 621.5 |
DARK STAGE WITH MALE DANCER UPRIGHT, FEMALE DANCER JOINS THEM, THEY DANCE UNTIL EXHAUSTION, REST AND RISE AGAIN
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| 00:14:33 873.57 |
FEMALE DANCER COLLAPSES ON MALE DANCER AND THE SCURRY ACROSS STAGE
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| 00:15:25 925.44 |
BLACK MALE DANCER KICKS OUT SILVER BALLOON AND JOINS THE PILE ON STAGE, THE MALE DANCERS RISE AND FEMALE ROLLS ACROSS STAGE, BLACK DANCER PERFORMS, ZOOM IN, WHITE FEMALE DANCER JOINS HIM
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| 00:19:05 1145.15 |
DANCERS FREEZE AND FLOAT ON DARK STAGE, ACTION PICKS UP
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MALE DANCER HOLDS AND SWINGS FEMALE DANCE, SHE SPINS AND FREEZES, SHAKES HER HAIR
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MALE DANCER JOINS FEMALE DANCER AND THEY MOVE THE SILVER BALLOONS AROUND AND SPIN TOGETHER, HE LIFTS HER, THEN DANCES SOLO, LIGHTS DIM ON SILVER BALLOONS
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DANCERS TAKE A BOW
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CREDITS
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| 00:26:54 1613.6 |
END TAPE
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