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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Merce cunningham | History Defined

Sir Richard Alston obituary

Choreographer who played a leading role in developing the independent dance scene through the 1970s and early 80s

The Guardian - UK

Roller skates! Pointe shoes! Parachutes! A mythic dance takes flight again at a Brooklyn rink

Artist Robert Rauschenberg was known for his painting-sculpture hybrids – and a 1963 dance piece called Pelican that was almost lost to time

The Guardian - US

Wayne McGregor: Alchemies review – this spellbinding dancing will make you swoon

Incredible physical facility is married to expressive lyricism in this triple bill by the Royal Ballet’s ever adventurous resident choreographer. You never know what’s coming next

The Guardian - UK

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Wayne McGregor review: shimmering dance spectacular without a live dancer in sight

Installations, some triggered by the viewer’s own body, show off the wide range of a choreographer always fizzing with fresh ideas

The Guardian - UK

Julie Cunningham & Company: Crow/Pigeons review – a beady dance delight

Jules Cunningham explores themes of marginalisation in a masterful collaboration with Le Tigre’s JD Samson and a piece that echoes Merce Cunningham

The Guardian - UK

The week in dance: Lyon Opera Ballet: Cunningham Forever (Biped & Beach Birds); Giselle… – review

Lyon Opera Ballet perform alongside digital forms to the music of Gavin Bryars in a Merce Cunningham double bill. Plus, a new twist on Giselle

The Guardian - UK

Lyon Opera Ballet: Cunningham Forever review – a modern master’s wild ambition

Merce Cunningham’s demands on dancers are the stuff of legend, but as in the celebration of two of his classic works here, utterly essential

The Guardian - UK

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Steve Paxton obituary

A pivotal figure in contemporary dance, known for stripping the artform of its classical and modern techniques

The Guardian - UK

Les Noces – The Departure review: absorbingly renewed marriage bonds

On a catwalk-like stage, the ambitious New Movement Collective celebrate Stravinsky’s peasant wedding with a twist, adding fresh musical compositions to ramp up the atmosphere

The Guardian - UK

Things to do in Chicago Oct. 19-25: The Mix

Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade, a relocated ‘Twelfth Night’ and a museum exhibit on Jewish delis are among the entertainment highlights this week.

Chicago Sun-Times

From Tchaikovsky to Pankhurst, the quiet love stories of history's queer musicians

Classical music doesn't have a particularly radical reputation, but that doesn't mean that queer culture hasn't been thriving for centuries within its ranks.

ABC News

How did we get here? at Sadler’s Wells review – Mel C brings gravity to her contemporary dance debut

It’s a contemplative hour of dance – so don’t expect any zigazig-ah

Evening Standard

The best dance of 2022

Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring

The Guardian - UK

Julie Cunningham & Company review – holding the moment

In this double bill, a queer response to Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, the dancing is direct, controlled and compelling

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Appreciation: What did Peter Brook and Richard Taruskin have in common? Next to nothing and everything

Director Peter Brook and musicologist Richard Taruskin were transformative figures, and fixtures, in their fields. While alive they were too unalike — separated by age, temperament and activities — to tempt us to connect them in any way. Yet their deaths a day apart at the beginning of July placed…

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