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Valerie Briginshaw, R. Burt (2009)
Writing dancing together
BEYOND THE VISIBLE The Legacies of Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch Emily Coates I learned about Pina Bauschâs death through an e-mail from a woman I hadnât heard from in years, an American filmmaker who had moved to Sweden to live in the home country of Ingmar Bergman, her greatest influence. Itâs a blow to the field, she empathized, adding that she mourned for months after Bergman died. Not much later, I was on tour with Yvonne Rainer in Brazil, where we learned via friends in New York that Merce Cunningham was on his deathbed. Days after we returned, Yvonne sent out an email, subject heading âMerce.â The body of the message read simply, âdied today.â Losing these two pioneers in one summer took its toll upon the global dance community on many levels. I am inclined to see the loss in human terms, in its impact on dancers and viewers. I feel most acutely for the former, and I feel the philosophical implications of the latter. Last May, I attended one of the final performances of the Cunningham Companyâs two-year series of installations at DIA Beacon. Near the entry to the gallery, Merce Cunningham presided over the
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art – MIT Press
Published: May 1, 2010
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