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Merce Cunningham

Book Review: The Lives They Wrote

Two autobiographies by women who had some experience in legitimate theater, but they each gave their strongest allegiance to dance, specifically one choreographer.

By: Marcia B. Siegel Filed Under: Books, Dance, Review Tagged: Balanchine & Beyond, Bettijane Sills, Broadway, Dancing With Merce Cunningham, Elizabeth McPherson, Marcia B. Siegel, Marianne Preger-Simon, Merce Cunningham

Dance Review: Process Pieces From Harvard Dance Project

Each of the ten or so music-less sections showed us a different way of composing movement.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Gym Dances, Harvard Dance Program, Harvard Dance Project, Jill Johnson, Marcia B. Siegel, Merce Cunningham

Visual Arts Feature: Alla Kovgan, Treasure Hunter—Merce Cunningham at the ICA

Filmmaker Alla Kovgan calls Cunningham 3D a new juncture at the crossroads of dance, cinema, music, visual arts, and 3D technology.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: Alla Kovgan, Black Mountain College 1933–1957, Cunningham 3D, documentary, Leap Before You Look, Merce Cunningham

Fuse News: Leaving Little to Chance

This week the Cunningham Dance Foundation released The Legacy Plan, a series of steps to document and preserve Merce Cunningham’s choreographies.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Fuse News Tagged: Merce Cunningham, The Legacy Plan, Trisha Brown

Dance Review: Bel Tells — Cédric Andrieux through the lens of Jérôme Bel

The second installment in Debra Cash’s coverage of the ICA’s ambitious Dance/Draw series.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Film Tagged: Cédric Andrieux Concept, Dance/Draw Series, ICA, Jerome Bel, Merce Cunningham, Philippe Trehet, Trisha Brown

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