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7 June 2010
Charles Atlas, with whom the choreographer collaborated on multiple video projects over thirty years, presented his film homage to Merce — a collage of extraordinary historic footage including Cunningham dancing near to his prime. A real, blasting reminder of what it's all about.
6 June 2010
DANCE REVIEW: merce cunningham’s Roaratorio in los angeles weekend of june 4 [...] 24 May 2010
Thus choreographer Neil Greenberg remembers Roaratorio, the Merce Cunningham work dating from 1983 that will be restaged at Disney Concert Hall next weekend. A member of Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1979 to 1986, Greenberg belonged to Roaratorio's original cast. "My memory is that Merce wanted to use the music for an 'event.' That's when he choreographed the jigs. He showed them to Cage who said, 'I'd rather you make a complete piece to it," says Greenberg, with a laugh. "You see, this was a relationship. Cage was letting Merce know that he [Merce] was not being respectful enough."
10 May 2010
It’s a proud fact that the Los Angeles Music Center, along with two French dance festivals, has co-commissioned a restaging of Merce Cunningham’s ORATORIO from 1986. We’ll see the work in upcoming Disney Hall performances June 2 – 4, 2010. [...] 27 July 2009
It’s difficult to select a photo of Merce Cunningham. They are all so fabulous. Here’s an Annie Leibowitz portrait from 1994. Although I reviewed the company several times, I published only two feature pieces on Merce, one in 1984 in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, and another in La Opinion in 2005. I first [...] |
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"You really see people dancing. It's especially clear that this was a concern of Merce's. There's a lot of humanity in this work."
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