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MERCE AT 90

I remember going to a recital by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and being stunned, when in the second act, Cunningham himself performed a solo dance.

Incredible!

Total engagement with the audience.

You felt and even thought the meaning of the movement as he slowly danced across the stage.

Now this:

Merce Cunningham, Turning 90: Meanings Still Pour From Movement

This from the reviewer:

It is not unusual these days to hear Merce Cunningham called the world’s greatest living choreographer. I go further: I have long thought that he is the greatest living artist since the death of Samuel Beckett, almost 20 years ago.

I want to be 90. Merce is a hero.

Look at the slide show and stay until the very last one and see him. Alive and vibrant and still delivering. Joy.

Labels: dancing, heroes