Monday, July 27, 2009
Merce Cunningham
Well worth reading the complete NYT obit for dancer-choreographer Merce Cunningham, & searching him on Google video.
Anyone interested in music or art encountered Merce Cunningham whether or not one cared or knew much about dance. Merce made one care about dance, & his dancing taught dance. Merce's dance often explained itself, & had collaborative parity with music & visual art, novel ideas & ideals to me as a young student of the arts. He was also fun & funny. I don't have the words to say how wonderful he was.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Anyone interested in music or art encountered Merce Cunningham whether or not one cared or knew much about dance. Merce made one care about dance, & his dancing taught dance. Merce's dance often explained itself, & had collaborative parity with music & visual art, novel ideas & ideals to me as a young student of the arts. He was also fun & funny. I don't have the words to say how wonderful he was.
Labels: culture, music, obituary
