1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance
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The 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance was an experimental, multimedia “happening” often considered the first of its kind, organized by John Cage at Black Mountain College and involving simultaneous music, dance, poetry, and visual projections.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance canonical | 1 |
| Theater Piece No. 1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance Context triple: [Black Mountain College, hadEvent, 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance]
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A.
The Art of Making Dances, 1959
The Art of Making Dances, 1959 is a seminal book by modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey that outlines her theories and practical principles of choreography.
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B.
Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers is a large-scale, genre-blending stage work by Leonard Bernstein that combines classical, theatrical, and popular music elements in a dramatic setting of the Roman Catholic Mass.
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C.
Music for the Theatre
Music for the Theatre is a 1925 jazz-influenced orchestral suite by Aaron Copland that blends modernist harmonies with theatrical, American vernacular styles.
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D.
Job: A Masque for Dancing
Job: A Masque for Dancing is a ballet score by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by the biblical Book of Job, noted for its rich orchestration and evocative depiction of spiritual struggle.
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E.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance Target entity description: The 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance was an experimental, multimedia “happening” often considered the first of its kind, organized by John Cage at Black Mountain College and involving simultaneous music, dance, poetry, and visual projections.
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A.
The Art of Making Dances, 1959
The Art of Making Dances, 1959 is a seminal book by modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey that outlines her theories and practical principles of choreography.
-
B.
Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers is a large-scale, genre-blending stage work by Leonard Bernstein that combines classical, theatrical, and popular music elements in a dramatic setting of the Roman Catholic Mass.
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C.
Music for the Theatre
Music for the Theatre is a 1925 jazz-influenced orchestral suite by Aaron Copland that blends modernist harmonies with theatrical, American vernacular styles.
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D.
Job: A Masque for Dancing
Job: A Masque for Dancing is a ballet score by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by the biblical Book of Job, noted for its rich orchestration and evocative depiction of spiritual struggle.
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E.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental performance
ⓘ
interdisciplinary artwork ⓘ multimedia happening ⓘ performance art event ⓘ |
| aim |
to break down boundaries between art forms
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to engage audience in an immersive environment ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black Mountain happening
ⓘ
Theater Piece No. 1 ⓘ
linked to:
1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance
|
| artMovement |
avant-garde
ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ happening ⓘ performance art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American avant-garde
ⓘ
Black Mountain College experimental arts community ⓘ
linked to:
Black Mountain College
|
| composerOfMusicalElements | John Cage ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John Cage ⓘ |
| date | 1952 ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
poorly documented
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reconstructed from participants’ recollections ⓘ |
| feature |
audience surrounding performers
ⓘ
chance operations ⓘ dance ⓘ indeterminacy ⓘ lecture elements ⓘ non-linear structure ⓘ poetry reading ⓘ simultaneous independent actions ⓘ simultaneous music ⓘ use of everyday sounds ⓘ visual projections ⓘ |
| genre |
intermedia art
ⓘ
multimedia performance ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important event in the development of intermedia art
ⓘ
landmark in performance art history ⓘ often cited as the first happening ⓘ |
| influenced |
Allan Kaprow
ⓘ
Fluxus artists ⓘ
linked to:
Fluxus
later happenings of the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| location | Black Mountain College ⓘ |
| medium |
live performance
ⓘ
movement ⓘ projected images ⓘ sound ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| organizer | John Cage ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina ⓘ |
| venue | dining hall of Black Mountain College ⓘ |
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linked to: 1952 Theater Piece No. 1 performance