CLASSES
Cunningham Technique® in New York City
City Center - 130 West 56th Street
Monday – Friday
12:15 – 1:45pm
Open Level
Taught by Jennifer Goggans, Banu Ogan, Carol Teitelbaum and other former Cunningham dancers
Teaching Schedule for the week of May 20th
May 20 - Daniel Squire
May 21 - Daniel Squire
May 22 - Carol Teitelbaum
May 23 - Banu Ogan
May 24 - Silas Riener
Dance New Amsterdam - 280 Broadway (entrance at 53 Chambers Street)
Tuesday 5:30 – 7:00pm
Saturday 1:30 – 3:00pm
Fundamentals
Taught by Krista Nelson, John Hinrichs, and Emma Desjardins
Teaching Schedule
May 18 - Krista Nelson
May 21 - John Hinrichs
May 25 - Emma Desjardins
AUDITIONS - NYC
New York City Center - New York, NY
Native Green (1985) Workshop taught by Megan Walker Straight (MCDC 1980 - 1986)
July 8 - 26, 2013
Audition: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2:00pm - 5:00pm at City Center.
Megan Walker Straight was in the original cast of Native Green. She was intrigued and challenged by the choreographic taming of huge movement flow with an odd and precise boundary of phrase and the perplexing balance demanded between freedom and limitation. For the workshop, she plans on working with 12 dancers.
To register for the audition, please email rsvp@mercecunningham.org.
WORKSHOPS - NYC
New York City Center - New York, NY
Story (1963) Workshop taught by Daniel Squire (MCDC 1998 - 2009)
May 14 - 23, 2013
Showing: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:00pm & 4:00pm
Former company member Daniel Squire will restage Story (1963) in a two-week long workshop. Daniel Squire began looking at Story when curating the dance portion of Dancing Around the Bride at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This sparked his interest in reviving the entire piece. Daniel intends to work with 12 - 15 dancers, having two casts, as a means to explore the variability of Story thoroughly.
To make a reservation to the showing, please email rsvp@mercecunningham.org and clearly specify which showing you prefer, 3pm or 4pm. Maximum two (2) reservations per person.
New York City Center - New York, NY
Exchange (1978) Workshop taught by Patricia Lent (MCDC 1984 - 1993)
May 28 - June 14, 2013
Exchange, a work for 15 dancers including Merce Cunningham, was first performed in 1978. The music was David Tudor's Weatherings, and the design was by Jasper Johns. The dance remained in the repertory until 1981, and was later revived for one season in 1991. Charles Atlas recently released a film of the original cast, consequently sparking interest in this masterwork, and providing a vital source for its reconstruction. Exchange is divided into three sections, and this workshop will focus on a reconstruction of the first two sections. The workshop will be led by Patricia Lent (MCDC 1984 - 1993), who danced in the 1991 revival. Additionally, members of the original cast have been invited to coach the workshop.
New York City Center - New York, NY
Variations V (1965) Workshop taught by Sandra Neels (MCDC 1963 - 1973)
June 17 - July 5, 2013
Variations V (1965) is a large mixed-media piece involving the use of film and also, when possible, of video images distorted by Nam June Paik. John Cage also decided to find ways for the dancers' movement to trigger the sound. The first was a series of antennae placed around the stage; when a dancer came within the radius of one of these, a sound would result, from among the battery of electronic instruments operated by the company musicians. The second was a series of photoelectric cells placed at the base of the antennae, for a similar purpose. (In performance, these electronic devices often failed to work.) In addition to the dance sequences that moved around these antennae, Cunningham devised a number of non-dance activities with objects fitted with contact microphones that contributed to the sounds. The dancers wore practice clothes, to which street clothes could be added (no designer was credited).
WORKSHOPS - INTERNATIONAL
COLINE - Istres, France
Cunningham Workshop led by Cheryl Therrien (MCDC 1993 - 2003)
July 1 - 13, 2013