Antic Meet
Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with Cunningham moving among the other dancers as a clown-like figure "who falls in love with a society whose rules he doesn't know," and concludes much in the same way, as he attempts to keep up with the dancers, each with their own movements, as they dance diagonally across the stage. Cage provided the musical accompaniment, using a version of Concert for Piano and Orchestra, and Rauschenberg designed the costumes, which included fur coats and parachute dresses over black leotards.
Cast
Merce Cunningham
as Dancer
Carolyn Brown
as Dancer
Barbara Dilley
as Dancer
Viola Farber
as Dancer
Sandra Neels
as Dancer
Steve Paxton
as Dancer