June 2013
Mode Records announces new releases in their fourth Bulletin of 2013. Part of this Bulletin is the first commercial release of John Cage's "Variations V," filmed for German TV in 1965 with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, John Cage, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, and visuals by Stan VanDerBeek and Nam June Paik.
June 25, 2013
Bayerisches Staatsballett will perform BIPED (1999), staged by former company members Robert Swinston (MCDC 1980 - 2011) and Jennifer Goggans (MCDC 2000 - 2011), and Richard Siegal's Unitxt as part of their evening program called "Exits and Entrances." Additional performances will be held on June 26, June 28, and July 16.
May 24 - 25, 2013
The L.A. Dance Project, founded by Benjamin Millepied, performed two of his latest works in addition to Merce Cunningham's Winterbranch (1964) and William Forsythe's Quintett (1993). Following the program in France, the company will perform throughout the summer in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
April 1, 2013
A comprehensive case study on the Cunningham Dance Foundation's Legacy Plan has been released.
April 5, 2013
The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center presents Merce Cunningham: New Perspectives, a Living Legacy as part of the Fridays at Noon program. For this program, curator Catherine Tharin has included a screening of the Mondays with Merce webisode on Events, revealing the Event-making process along with site-specific rehearsal and performance footage of Merce and the company at the Dia:Beacon Museum.
March 27, 2013
As part of The Dance Historian Is In series, David Vaughan will be screening the documentary 498 Third Avenue (1966) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
February 14 - June 9, 2013
The Barbican presents The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg, and Johns, celebrating the work of Marcel Duchamp and his influence across art, music, dance, theater and film. This exhibition, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with the Barican Art Gallery, features a rich array of painting, sculpture, stage sets, and musical notations, orchestrated by leading contemporary artist Philippe Parreno.
February 14, 2013
The Lewis Center for the Arts Program in Dance and the Princeton University Art Museum presented an evening of dance and art inspired by the collaborations between choreographer Merce Cunningham and visual artist Robert Rauschenberg.
February 8 - 10, 2013
The New World Symphony presented Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Centennial Celebration, honoring the work of John Cage. This three-day festival immersed audiences with videos, recordings, still images, projections of live and replayed performances, exhibits, panel discussions and more.
December 21, 2012
It is hard to believe that this time last year we were in the final stretch of the Legacy Tour, with the performances at the Park Avenue Armory just weeks away. The capstone to our preservation efforts was filming the Park Avenue Armory Event and it is with great pride and pleasure to announce that MCDC's historic final performances are now available on DVD from ARTPIX.