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All posts tagged "Merce Cunningham"
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28Feature ArticlesBreaking down barriers, one young artist at a time: Young Dancemakers Company
Aaaah, the teenage years: very often full of creative fire, deep passion, identity formation…and yes, many emotions. For dancers, it can be...
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274Feature ArticlesPam Tanowitz to receive 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
Jacob’s Pillow has announced that critically-acclaimed American choreographer Pam Tanowitz will receive the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Tanowitz will accept this...
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394Feature ArticlesPaul Taylor Dance Company selects two newest members
At an audition attended by more than 370 women held on May 10, Gabby Barnes and Emmy Wildermuth were selected by Artistic...
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1.1KFeature ArticlesNew York City Ballet 2022 Winter Season to open January 27
New York City Ballet (NYCB) has announced that it is postponing the start of its 2022 Winter Season at Lincoln Center for...
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6.2KDance HealthKitchen Choreography: Delectable recipes by dance luminaries
Need help figuring out what to make for dinner? Google “Red Shell Mgmt Kitchen Choreography” to find recipes for main courses, salads, soups,...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquires archive of Martha Graham
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has acquired the archive of Martha Graham, one of the most significant and influential...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesBehind the scenes: The making of ‘Cunningham’
Alla Kovgan is the writer, director and editor responsible for bringing the work of Merce Cunningham to life in the stunning, new...
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2.6KFeature ArticlesWhere do we go? Dance theater on American soil
Last year, I was rehearsing for a show — a dance theater adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play — in a downtown...
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1.9KReviewsA celebration of a legend: ‘Merce Cunningham at 100’
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. October 5, 2019. As I took my seat in the Eisenhower...
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3.2KFeature ArticlesSara Mearns tackles acting in ‘I Married an Angel’
She’s been a principal dancer with New York City Ballet for 10 years. She’s become a muse and an inspiration for choreographers...
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5.8KFeature ArticlesPaul Taylor, the practical poet of American Modern Dance – an elegy
Paul Taylor was a true giant of American modern dance, with works that displayed both simplicity and depth of understanding into the...
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4.0KFeature ArticlesLiz Lerman receives Jacob’s Pillow honor – A life of ongoing exploration
When one imagines a post-modern artist, it’s most likely that not the most social of creatures comes to mind. It’s more likely...
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4.9KFeature ArticlesDance your way through this Cunningham photography book
A neatly fitted box encases celebrated photographer Stephanie Berger’s new book, Merce Cunningham: Beyond the Perfect Stage (Damiani, 2016). To get to...
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5.5KTips & Advice5 Things I Want to Tell Dancers: Photographer
This is our latest installment in “5 Things I Want to Tell Dancers”, a series with expert advice for dancers, choreographers and...
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12.9KSpotlightEight Must-Attend Summer Dance Festivals
As spring is now here and warmer temperatures are on the horizon, so are our summer plans. And what better way to...
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29.2KFeature ArticlesCapezio Dance Award presented to a school for the first time
This year’s Capezio Dance Award introduces a historic first – unlike any other year in the award’s history, it will go to...
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12.3KFeature ArticlesThe Future is Here with LA Dance Project
Carla Körbes and James Fayette on Cultivating Creative Communities. What do the Château de Versailles, Memphis-native street dance sensation Lil Buck, and...
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13.9KFeature ArticlesLeaping into the Digital Future
Dancers these days are enjoying an ever-enlarging toy box of intriguing digital playthings as designers develop sensors that can be embedded in...
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8.5KTop StoriesPast Is Prologue: Video artist finds creative riches in featuring older dancers
Four dancers in black t-shirts and trousers move across a video’s snow-white multiple screens. Their gestures are edited by the videographer so...
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4.8KFeature ArticlesMeet the 2014 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award Winner
By Stephanie Wolf of Dance Informa. When Brooklyn-based contemporary choreographer John Heginbotham received a call from Ella Baff, the executive and artistic...
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13.5K1Dance Teacher ResourcesDefining and Teaching Modern Dance from a Historical Perspective
By Kathleen Wessel. Teachers, think of the last time someone asked you, “What is modern dance?” Your answer probably didn’t come easy,...
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7.2K3Feature ArticlesLove Letter to a Legend: One Dancer’s Film Tribute to Dan Wagoner
By Kathleen Wessel. Last summer, choreographer Michelle Fletcher, two dancers and a small film crew went on a pilgrimage from the bustling...
