REVISIONIST HISTORY: Spotlight on Merce Cunningham
Jamie Scott (former Cunningham dancer and Princess Grace Award recipient) of the Cunningham Trust restages Duet from Landrover on Brooklyn Ballet company. The piece, which originally premiered in 1972 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is rooted in the exploration of people moving through different geographies and representing varied spaces with varied backgrounds.
Cunningham began his career as a soloist in the Martha Graham Dance Company. He went on to form his own company and created over 150 dances. He was renowned for his great innovations in movement vocabulary using chance procedures, his collaboration with musician and partner John Cage showcasing that dance and music could exist in time and space without influencing one another, and his belief that “the subject of his dances was always dance itself”.
To see an example of Cunningham’s innovations in the flesh, check out Revisionist History April 19-22. Tickets are on sale now!
Top photo: Merce Cunningham CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images, 1967. Credit: Getty and Corbis
Other Photo/Video: Brooklyn Ballet Company Members Katherine Norton Bliss, Acee Francis Laird and Angelique Smith rehearse Landrover
