Word: cunningham
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NEED NOT turn beyond the first photograph in this book to understand that cameraman James Klosty could not possibly express more about choreographer Merce Cunningham than that he's an enigma. That first photograph silhouettes Cunningham--turned from the waist, arms stretched overhead, legs rooted apart--like a Klee stick figure, or a Giacometti spider-thin nude, or maybe a twentieth-century version of the Renaissance icon: man as the measure of all things...
...Merce Cunningham, once a principle dancer in Martha Graham's company, broke away from his mentor in the late forties to form his own dance troupe in New York. At the same time Cunningham was involved in the artistic experiments at Black Mountain College, taking part in the first "happening" along with composer John Cage and working alongside writers such as Charles Olson and Robert Creeley (Olson once composed a prose choreography for Cunningham called "Apollonius of Tyana."). Cunningham is known for using chance methods in his choreography, even to the point where the flip of a coin would determine...
Limited Audience. Reacting last week to the Wenner decision, Emory Cunningham, the Birmingham publisher of Progressive Farmer warned that subscriptions would doubtless have to jump from $7 to $25. Said he: "The only farmers who will be able to subscribe will be the quite well-off ones...
...Frisbee Championship held last month at Yale sporting numbered uniforms and soccer shoes, the Tufts varsity responded by wearing yellow T shirts all emblazoned with the number 3. At the Tufts-Hampshire tiff, the first Frisbee was thrown out by the grandmother of one of the Tufts players, Mildred Cunningham, a little old Planned Parenthood lady who proceeded to give away LOVE CAREFULLY buttons and tell other spectators that she was "glad the boys are doing this -there're so many worse things they could be doing...
...were 20. Bustling activity in other U.S. companies, like the San Francisco Ballet, reflects the new enthusiasm for dance. There is wit behind the footwork of San Francisco's Alexander Filipov, who is yet another Kirov-trained dancer. Dramatic range, nervy dancing and a varied repertory -Giselle, Merce Cunningham's Winterbranch-place the Boston Ballet high on the list. Small wonder that subscriptions nearly tripled last year. The most important company outside of New York, however, is the Pennsylvania Ballet. The women are lithe; the ensemble work is solid. The clear, precisely articulated style of Principal Lawrence Rhodes...