The Ethnics of Vaudeville, the Rhythms of Roaratorio
The Ethnics of Vaudeville, the Rhythms of Roaratorio
This chapter seeks to complicate the critical consensus that Cunningham produced only "neutral" movement stripped of all (personal, cultural, and historical) connotations.Cunningham worked through the problem of ethnic/racial difference by exploring difference as it is manifested in rhythmic forms. I look at two works that self-consciously index popular dances resonant with troubled histories: Antic Meet (1958) and Roaratorio (1983). In conclusion, I turn to Bill T. Jones's Story/Time (2012), a dance that uses Cage’s method of “indeterminacy” and thereby draws out the less-than-neutral valences of Cunningham's experimental practice.
Keywords: difference, rhythmic forms, Antic Mee, Roaratorio, Bill T. Jones, Story/Time, indeterminacy, less-than-neutral, connotations
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