Merce Cunningham
Noun
Meaning
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
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On Friday, Aug. 3, Sturt-Dilley will join the festival for International Evenings of Dance I in an excerpt from "Scenario," by Merce Cunningham, as a pre-centennial year salute to Cunningham, a choreographer and leader of American avant-garde dance.
The work deconstructs the choreography of a handful of post-modern dance icons — including Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Bob Fosse, Alvin Ailey and George Balanchine — looking at their legacies through a new lens and reflecting on what comes after.
Not to be overlooked is the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, March 3 - 5, also at Zellerbach Hall.
Johns later was the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s artistic adviser from 1967 to 1980.
It’s an event in the Merce Cunningham sense, combining old pieces in a new order for a new occasion and space.