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Tag Archives: Silas Riener
A Series of Exits, One of Them Final: The Last Performances of Merce Cunningham Dance Company
A rock concert with enraptured fans crowding the side of stage. A three-ring circus featuring acts of superhuman daring. A series of Olympic competitions accompanied by brassy fanfare. The activity inside the Park Avenue Armory might have resembled any of … Continue reading
Posted in Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance, Park Avenue Armory, Postmodern Dance
Tagged Anna Finke, Brandon Collwes, Brooklyn Academy of Music, contemporary dance, Cross Currents, CRWDSPCR, Daniel Arsham, Daniel Madoff, Enter, eyeSpace, Fractions I, Jamie Scott, Jennifer Goggans, Marcie Munnerlyn, Merce Cunningham, modern dance, Nearly Ninety, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue Armory Event, postmodern dance, Rashuan Mitchell, Rune, Silas Riener, Takehisa Kosugi
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Catching the End of an Era: Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Final U.S. Repertory Performances at BAM
The air in New York has been thick with Cunningham nostalgia. Everywhere I go, I hear conversations turn to Merce Cunningham and his dance company. After more than 50 years as a pioneering force in contemporary dance, Merce Cunningham Dance … Continue reading
Posted in BAM, Contemporary Dance, Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance
Tagged Andrea Weber, Andy Warhol, Arlene Croce, BAM, BIPED, Brandon Collwes, Brian Eno, Brooklyn Academy of Music, chance operations, Cheap Imitation, contemporary dance, Daniel Madoff, Erik Satie, Finnegans Wake, Gavin Bryars, George Balanchine, Irish dancing, James Hall, James Joyce, Jennifer Goggans, John Cage, Joyce Theater, Krista Nelson, Lincoln Center, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, Melissa Toogood, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Fair, modern dance, motion-capture animation, Mylar balloons, Pond Way, Quartet, RainForest, Rashaun Mitchell, Roaratorio, Robert Swinston, Second Hand, Silas Riener, Socrate, Socrates, Split Sides, Suzanne Gallo, The New Yorker
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company Says Farewell to Lincoln Center
The irony of Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s two-year Legacy Tour — the group’s final farewell before disbanding at December’s end — is that for me it’s been more of a “hello” than a “goodbye.” While local dance aficionados still mourning … Continue reading
Posted in Lincoln Center, Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance, Postmodern Dance
Tagged Andy Warhol, Antic Meet, contemporary dance, CRWDSPCR, Duets, Inventions MinEvent, Jasper Johns, Legacy Tour, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Festival, Marce Munnerlyn, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Merce Fair, postmodern dance, Quartet, RainForest, Rashaun Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, Rose Theater, Silas Riener, Square Game
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