There is no pinned content in this Editor's Picks module.
Click here to learn more about content pinning.
Kalmar, the Oregon Symphony's music director, will read "Lecture on Nothing" from Cage's first book, "Silence." "Fourteen" is an eerie work where the pianist does not play conventionally, but bows the strings with fishing line. The program continues...
The show presents two works never before presented in New York, Painting by Numbers (2008) and Plato's Alley (2009), as well as a large-scale video installation created specifically for this exhibition. Atlas, an artist known for his collaborations,...
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) dancers perform in the Israel Museum's entrance hall, in Jerusalem, Friday, June 10, 2011. The group's five Israel Museum events mark the Company's last ever performances of Cunningham's signature site-specific... View Photo »
Traveling with Merce and John was the most creative time in my life.
One of the many lovely things about the museum’s recent performance series is that it gives audiences the chance to see how those galleries are activated by various choreographers and how, in turn, the artworks in them work on the dance pieces. ...
Early success on stage afforded the 19-year-old Jin Xing an opportunity to travel to New York -- and into the studios of such American modern-dance legends as Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham. The young dancer's mind was opened to new possibilities...
The material is still vital and the dancers just as talented, but without the guidance of their founder they can seem less inspired. This is how the Antonio Gades company seemed performing Fuenteovejuna on its latest visit to Sadler’s Well. The troupe...
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) dancers perform in the Israel Museum's Israeli art section, with Reuven Rubin's "First Fruits" painting (1923) seen in the back center, in Jerusalem, Friday, June 10, 2011. The group's five Israel Museum events mark... View Photo »
I come from a classical ballet background where movements, music and dress is rigidly prescribed and the music expresses the movement with you. I came to really understand the beauty of Merce Cunningham's choreography and technique ... He was a revolutionary choreographer who thought any sound, like wat...
“The ball” references Pixel Cloud (2010), a piece that was used in the sets for Merce Cunningham’s final performances and consists of three-dimensional hanging sculptures, based on pixels of a hyper-magnified photograph of a cloud formation. With...
There’s also the more modern “Patterns in Space,” a tribute to the late choreographer Merce Cunningham, with live musicians clowning on stage. Unfortunately for Grant, PNB will be dancing at the same time, so he won’t get to hang out with his old friends.
Merce Cunningham (born April 16, 1919 in Centralia, Washington, United States) is an American dancer and choreographer. Full Article
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) dancers perform in the Israel Museum's Israeli art section, with Reuven Rubin's "First Fruits" painting (1923) seen in the back center, in Jerusalem, Friday, June 10, 2011. The group's five Israel Museum events mark the Company's last ever...
View Photo »Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) dancers prepare for a performance in the Israel Museum's Israeli art section, with Yosef Zaritsky's untitled painting (1964) seen in the back center, and Ori Reisman's "Carob Tree Boulevard" (1960's), back left, and Yotzhak Danziger's "Nimrod"...
View Photo »Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) dancers perform in the Israel Museum's Israeli art section, with Reuven Rubin's "First Fruits" painting (1923) seen in the back center, in Jerusalem, Friday, June 10, 2011. The group's five Israel Museum events mark the Company's last ever...
View Photo »Traveling with Merce and John was the most creative time in my life.
I come from a classical ballet background where movements, music and dress is rigidly prescribed and the music expresses the movement with you. I came to really understand the beauty of Merce Cunningham's choreography and technique ... He was a revolutionary choreographer who thought any sound, like wat...
