Installation view of Merce Cunningham: For Camera on the High Line (image by the author for Hyperallergic) In Locale (1980), a thirty-minute film collaboration between Charles Atlas and the Merce ...

Several American dance critics began to review Cunningham’s work respectfully in the late 1950s and early ’60s, even when it perplexed them, which was most of the time. But John Martin, a longtime ...

Do not e-mail Merce Cunningham. Yes, he's an "avant" in the avant-garde who has famously embraced technology, including state-of-the-art choreographic software. But the rest of the G4 laptop he ...

Douglas Dunn has been making dances since 1971. His choreography has earned acclaim and awards, but presenters don’t call as frequently as they once did. That helps explains why, when Dunn was asked ...

Cunningham is centered in the book by Marianne Preger-Simon, which approaches her subject multiple times attempting to catch him off guard or see through his professional demeanor. Preger describes ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. One of the most magical theatrical experiences of the last few seasons was the Merce Cunningham Dance Company-s residency at UCLA Live! a few years back. The ...

Merce Cunningham, dance’s avant doyen, makes his first-ever appearance in Miami next week, kicking off a citywide bash honoring the pioneer choreographer’s life and work. Celebrating the collaborative ...

The famed New York-based experimental theater troupe Wooster Group heads to the Walker Art Center in February, highlighting its 2025-26 performing arts season. The roster also encompasses commissions ...

The Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) with the Merce Cunningham Trust will celebrate the Centennial of the iconoclastic American artist Robert Rauschenberg with a national tour dedicated to his ...

Step into a century of genre-blending creativity with Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) and Merce Cunningham Trust’s (MCT) Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown & Cunningham Onstage. To celebrate the ...