Developed at Black Mountain College by Cunningham and lifelong creative partner John Cage, the "happening" was an experimental coming-together of music and dance in unlikely settings. Come to a present-day happening, as presented by Stanford students and faculty from the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) who have been researching and creating music using methods developed by Cage. The musicians will be joined by dancers from Cunningham's company to carry the tradition of the happening late into the night!

Musical and video works composed and improvised by CCRMA faculty, students and friends will be accompanied by the dancers of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company across three separate spaces of the Cantor Arts Center.

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Featuring works and performances by:

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company Mark Applebaum Jon Appleton Steven Baker Per Bloland Nathan Breitling Jonah Bokaer Juan Pablo Caceres Jen Carlile Chris Chafe Carolyn Chen Parag Chordia Adrian Coburn Nathan Fitzgerald Jesse Fox Masaki Fujihata Kiyoshi Furukawa Kevin Gabayan Jason Gatt Miri Hutcherson Johnny Hwin Damondrick Jack Fernando Lopez-Lescano Brandon Jacobs Mills Jennifer Lane Phil Lesh Grace Leslie Max Mathews Roberto Morales Wolfgang Munch Greg Niemeyer Gautam Rangan Bruno Ruviaro Kristine Samuelson Rodrigo Segnini [sic]--the Stanford Improvisation Collective Danile Squire Erica Simmons Jeffrey Trevino Mitchell Lamar Wilcox Christian Wolff Matt Wright Woon Seung Yeo

Tuesday, March 8, 2005
8:00 pm to 12:00 am, Cantor Arts Center