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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Our reporter took a week of classes to look closely at Merce Cunningham technique, which challenges the mind and body. By Siobhan Burke On a recent ...
Ever since Isadora Duncan rejected the tutu and toe shoes, the world of modern dance has been expanded by inspired individuals bumping up against the confines of what already has been created and ...
When Cornell senior dance lecturer Jim Self heard the news of Merce Cunningham’s death, he was unmoored. “As a teacher, choreographer and person, Merce has been very imprinted on me. I knew he wasn’t ...
NEW YORK — On a recent afternoon, in a big studio at New York City Center, dancer Melissa Toogood presented her class with a puzzle. With the clear, direct energy of someone walking down the street, ...
June Finch, a dancer, choreographer and teacher who specialized in the technique of choreographer Merce Cunningham, imparting it to generations of students, died June 18 in a hospital in the New York ...
Alla Kovgan is a Russian director and filmmaker whose film “Cunningham” won best documentary at the Hamptons Film Festival. The dance documentary looks at the work of dancer and choreographer Merce ...
A premier teacher of Merce Cunningham’s technique, she gave equal attention to everyone in her class, not just those destined for stardom with his company. By Siobhan Burke June Finch, a dancer, ...