Night Wandering

Night Wandering

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1964

Runtime

0h 13m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Night Wandering

Director

Merce Cunningham

Description

Paradoxically described by Walter Sorell as "a tender lullaby of love" and by Richard Buckle as "cold and menacing, the courtship of the Macbeths," Night Wandering is a duet reminiscent of snowy landscapes. Cernovitch designed the original costumes: fur tunics that Cunningham wore over trousers, and Brown wore over tights. Continuing with the piece's Nordic theme, the music by Bo Nilsson was characterized by bursts of activity followed by moments of silence, evoking the feeling of traveling through the spacious, and seemingly endless Northern night.