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 ...

In 1944, the New York Herald Tribune’s dance critic Edwin Denby reviewed the first solo performance by a young man he’d admired in Martha Graham’s company. Of the 24-year-old Merce Cunningham, who ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham, credited by many with revolutionizing visual and performing arts, has died at age 90, his foundation and dance company said on ...

On the staff of The New Yorker for more than 60 years, he wrote about Duchamp, Rauschenberg and many others. His books include “Living Well Is the Best Revenge.” By William Grimes The Trisha Brown ...

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 ...

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 ...

3 2026 Tony Awards Live Blog: Red Carpet, Photos, Videos, Speeches & Winners 4 2026 Tony Awards Red Carpet Live Stream The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will present the world ...

Baryshnikov Arts will continue its 20th Anniversary year with IN CONVERSATION WITH MERCE: New Arrangements, a program of four dances with choreography by Merce Cunningham, one on film and three ...

Cunningham was one of the lions of modern dance. He turned his back on the Graham/Balanchine legacy, and—along with Jerome Robbins and Paul Taylor—helped mold dance into a major contemporary art form.