Some years ago I took a beginners class at your West Village studio and it kicked my ass. Although the steps weren’t so far off from classical ballet, which I’ve studied for many years, I felt awkward ...
Cunningham is centered in the book by Marianne Preger-Simon, which approaches her subject multiple times attempting to catch him off guard or see through his professional demeanor. Preger describes ...
Merce Cunningham, who died on July 26, 2009, at the age of 90, was one of the giants of American dance: a prolific avant-garde choreographer, a commanding performer and, toward the end of his life, a ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham, credited by many with revolutionizing visual and performing arts, has died at age 90, his foundation and dance company said on ...
The Park Avenue Armory occupies most of a New York City block. Its main hall measures 55,000 square feet, and the curve of its roof soars to 80 feet. Without the little booths that stuff it during ...
Do not e-mail Merce Cunningham. Yes, he's an "avant" in the avant-garde who has famously embraced technology, including state-of-the-art choreographic software. But the rest of the G4 laptop he ...
On the staff of The New Yorker for more than 60 years, he wrote about Duchamp, Rauschenberg and many others. His books include “Living Well Is the Best Revenge.” By William Grimes The Trisha Brown ...
In 1944, the New York Herald Tribune’s dance critic Edwin Denby reviewed the first solo performance by a young man he’d admired in Martha Graham’s company. Of the 24-year-old Merce Cunningham, who ...
US choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham, credited by many with revolutionizing visual and performing arts, has died at age 90, his foundation and dance company said on Monday. Cunningham, whose ...