[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":39},["ShallowReactive",2],{"projectplaying-with-merce":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"year":6,"content":7,"image":8,"categories":10,"featured":27,"audio":28,"video":29,"media":30},"playing-with-merce","Playing with Merce ",2005,"\u003Cp class=\"plain has-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2008\u002F09\u002Fplaymerce.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"0\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">With the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.merce.org\u002F\" target=\"new\">Merce Cunningham Dance Company\u003C\u002Fa> performing at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.barbican.org.uk\u002Fgeneric\u002Fdetails.asp?eventID=2865&artFormID=4&artForm=theatre&disciplineName=eventList\" target=\"new\">The Barbican\u003C\u002Fa>Theatre, Silk St, London, UK.  July 2005.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">A fantastic series, each night,  a different event presenting choreographed pieces selected by Merce using dice, different décor, different costumes and another trio of musicians. Playing in the pit, we musicians couldn’t see the dancers, were outside the quadraphonic space surrounding the seated audience and had the instruction to play independantly of each other and be silent for a total of 15 minutes within the 72 we played for. The audience therefore were able to each make their own event out of the chance collisions of mood, pace, activity+\u002F- pace and timbre. Invariably they couldn’t believe this was the case. Astonishing that this kind of performance making work has been going on for 50 years or so yet was received with such new excitement here. The whole project remarkable and an honour to be a part of.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u003Cstrong>K\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\">affe played with Merce from 16th – 19th July 2005 as follows:\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u003Cstrong>16th:    \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Musicians: John King, Kaffe Matthews and Philip Selway (Radiohead)      Decor: David Batchelor.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u003Cstrong>18th    \u003C\u002Fstrong>Musicians: Takehisa Kosugi(MD), Kaffe Matthews and Steve Montague    Decor: Darren Almond\u003Cbr>\n\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u003Cstrong>19th:    \u003C\u002Fstrong>Musicians: Takehisa Kosugi(MD), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Kaffe Matthews.  Decor: Enrico David.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Start time: 7.45pm but 3pm on Sunday 19th.  Duration: 70 mins \u002Fno interval.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain has-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2008\u002F09\u002Fplaymerce2.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"1\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cem>“My work has always been in process. Finishing a dance has always left me with the idea, often slim in the beginning, for the next one.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u003Cem> I do not think of dance as an object, rather a short stop on the way.” Merce Cunningham\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"plain\">. –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n",{"url":9},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2008\u002F09\u002Fplaymerce.jpg",[11,15,19,23],{"slug":12,"name":12,"ID":13,"count":14},"audio-visual",18,160,{"slug":16,"name":16,"ID":17,"count":18},"collaboration",17,261,{"slug":20,"name":20,"ID":21,"count":22},"compositions",7,360,{"slug":24,"name":24,"ID":25,"count":26},"live",8,228,false,[],[],[31,35],{"type":32,"src":9,"original":33,"large":34},"image",{"url":9},{"url":9},{"type":32,"src":36,"original":37,"large":38},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2008\u002F09\u002Fplaymerce2.jpg",{"url":36},{"url":36},1794140196410]