Choreographer Merce Cunningham is one of the most influential artists of our time, both here in the U.S. And abroad. Since founding the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1953 his approaches to space, time, and technology have forged his company’s distinctive style. At the same time he has shown us the near limitless capacity for movement in the human body. SundayArts visits Merce on the event of his upcoming birthday, He will be celebrated with a gala and a world premiere of his latest work titled “Nearly 90″ and will be performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music April 16th to the 19th.
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Merce Cunningham was not only a pioneer of dance but an avid explorer of new technologies. His work with the computer software Lifeforms as well as his continued film collaborations with artists Eliot Caplan and Charlie Atlas established him as a choreographer with an eye for expanding the possibilities of movement into other media. Even in the final two years of his life the story was no different. In 2008 Merce opened the doors of his studio in unprecedented fashion, agreeing to not only allow his company’s rehearsals and performances be filmed, but also to be regularly interviewed. This wealth of footage, now tallying fifteen hours of Merce Cunningham in conversation, over one hundred hours of Merce Cunningham teaching class and two hundred and fifty hours of rehearsals, has served well to produce a bi-monthly series of webisodes entitled Mondays with Merce. Enjoy!
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Colin Burke Says:
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