When Robert Swinston brought his French company to New York City’s Joyce Theater last year, they were met with near euphoria. It had been more than three years since New Yorkers had seen a Merce Cunningham evening (Cunningham’s company ended its Legacy Tour in 2011), and the young French dancers of Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston bristled […]

To kick off 2015, we asked 15 leading choreographers working in the U.S. to choose what they see as the most influential work of the past 15 years. Their selections highlight a slice of the creativity witnessed in the past decade and a half—and offer insight into what drives their own artistic choices.   Julie […]

What happens when one of America’s most iconic modern dance companies closes? Six former Cunningham dancers reflect on how the experience led them to where they are today.   When the Merce Cunningham Dance Company gave its final performance on December 31, 2011—the culmination of its two-year, international Legacy Tour—many people wondered what would happen to Cunningham’s vast, pioneering body […]

Some of What He Said to Me, and Didn’t Say, 1968–1973   Merce Cunningham danced, and I had the pleasure and privilege of dancing near him for a few years. As far as I was concerned, he needn’t ever have spoken a word. What first drew me was the elegant animal, only later the agile […]

For anyone who has devoted herself to a choreographer and still wonders what he/she thinks of her, For anyone who has been puzzled by Merce Cunningham and John Cage’s work, For anyone who loves the Cage/Cunningham work, For anyone who has ever seen Carolyn Brown dance, For anyone who separates modern from ballet, Cunningham from […]