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Merce Cunningham : fifty years /

Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years incorporates images of performances and rehearsals, along with candid photographs by many important photographers, including Imogen Cunningham, Arnold Eagle, Peter Hujar, James Klosty, Annie Leibovitz, Barbara Morgan, and Max Waldman. The book also features examples of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaughan, David, 1924-2017 (Author)
Other Authors: Harris, Melissa (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Aperture, [1997]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cunningham, Merce.
Dancers > United States > Biography.
Choreographers > United States > Biography.
Choreography > Pictorial works.
Choreographers.
Choreography.
Dancers.
United States.
Choreografen.
Biography.
Pictorial works.
Biographies.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • The Early Years 11
  • 1950s 54
  • The Function of a Technique for Dance, 1951 / Merce Cunningham 60
  • Space, Time and Dance, 1952 / Merce Cunningham 66
  • The Impermanent Art, 1955 / Merce Cunningham 86
  • Excerpts From Lecture-Demonstration Given at ann Halprin's Dance Deck, 1957 / Merce Cunningham 100
  • 1960s 120
  • 1970s 172
  • 1980s 210
  • 1990s 250
  • Four Events That Have Led To Large Discoveries, 1994 / Merce Cunningham 276
  • 7 For Merce on His 77th / Garrison Keillor 318.