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A Farewell to Cunningham
One of my college professors told me that letting your eyes focus in different ways while watching dance can offer endless enlightenment. Zoom in on something, then zoom out, or let everything blur together and then come into focus. I … Continue reading
Posted in BAM, criticism, Dance, History, modern dance, music, New York City, Reviews
Tagged BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance, John Cage, legacy tour, merce, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, modern dance, New York City, roaratorio
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Cunningham & Cage Inspire Vision Collaboration Nights 2010
Arts for Art’s 7th annual Vision Collaboration Nights, which kicks off tonight, will explore dialogues in sound, space, and movement. Drawing from the legacy of Merce Cunningham and John Cage’s explorations into sound-movement collaborations and the use of chance and … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dance, music, New York City
Tagged 14th street y, arts for art, Dance, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, music, New York City, vision collaboration nights, vision festival
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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at the Joyce
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has two homes – one in Colorado and one in New Mexico. In their current season at The Joyce Theater, something was left behind. The program, which includes three New York City premieres and William Forsythe’s … Continue reading
Posted in ballet, Dance, Joyce Theater, music, New York City, Reviews
Tagged Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, ballet, Chameleon, Dance, Gavin Bryars, Helen Pickett, Itzik Galili, John Cage, Jorma Elo, Joyce Theater, Katherine Eberle, New York City, Petal, Philip Glass, Sam Chittenden, Sibelius, Slingerland pas de deux, william forsythe
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Robert Rauschenberg, Artist and Dance Collaborator, Dies at 82
John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Rauschenberg, circa 1960s (courtesy of Douglas Jeffrey) The inventive American artist Robert Rauschenberg died last night at the age of 82, according to the NY Times. In addition to being a painter, photographer, and … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Dance, Photography
Tagged American art, Dance, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Rauschenberg death, Robert Rauschenberg, Trisha Brown
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So Percussion at the Whitney
Friday night I saw a performance by So Percussion in collaboration with Kneebody at the Whitney Museum of American Art. So Percussion is a an eclectic group of musicians who hit an incredible assemblage of objects to create a kind … Continue reading
Posted in music
Tagged John Cage, Kneebody, percussion, So Percussion, Steve Reich, Whitney Museum of American Art
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