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...From his classical training at the Royal Ballet to early stints with Ballet Rambert and New York avant garde dancers such as Merce Cunningham and Karole Armitage, through to a stream of anarchic productions...
...The unhelpful divide between ballet and contemporary dance was bridged by this short, well-chosen programme put together in honour of Merce Cunningham, whose centenary fell this year....
...I’m not sure that the piece delivered on its plan to “evoke a female physicality for the female gaze” but Cunningham’s impeccable pedigree — Rambert School, Merce Cunningham, Michael Clark — and her own...
...She is well matched by regular Michael Clark dancer Harry Alexander, who sculpts the air with the impossible precision of a yoga diagram....
...The 54-year-old Clark made a few brief, Merce Cunningham-style interventions among his dancers, every footfall greeted with grateful coos of joy....
...During its 38-year history London’s annual contemporary festival has championed local talent (Richard Alston, Michael Clark, Siobhan Davies) and imported modern American greats such as Merce Cunningham and...
...By 1980 he was resident choreographer for Rambert where he made work for the young Michael Clark and in 1986 took over as director....
...The question animates Rashaun Mitchell’s provocative Interface....
...Her timbre may not be as instantly recognisable as Kaufmann’s, and Elena’s “Mercé, dilette amiche” (I vespri siciliani) exposes less-than-pristine coloratura, but the voice has an exciting edge – above all...
...Instead, he joined Ballet Rambert, spent a summer in America working with Merce Cunningham and John Cage, and then joined Karole Armitage, an ex-Cunningham dancer who had her own company in New York....
...The artistic collective, which includes dancer Benjamin Millepied and musician Nico Muhly, will perform a Merce Cunningham work from 1964 called Winterbranch, of which it has sole ownership....
...And to close, Merce Cunningham’s bravura Sounddance – though beware the programme note. The dancers dance splendidly....
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...Brown moved to New York in 1961 and by the early 1970s was a respected performance artist, having studied under legendary dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham....
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