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Michael
Cole (MCDC 1989-1998)
Read
Michael's BIO.
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Jeannie
Steele (MCDC 1993-2005)
Read
Jeannie's BIO.
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2026 Barbara Ensley Awardees
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Nhyira Oforiwaa Asante is a
Ghanaian-American dancer and choreographer based in New York
City. A Bronx native, she graduated magna cum laude from New York
University as a Tisch Dean Scholar, earning a B.F.A. in Dance and
a B.A. in Sociology. Her training includes the Dance Theatre of
Harlem School, The Ailey School, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago,
MOVE|NYC|, Ballet Hispánico, and HAMU in Prague, Czech Republic. READ MORE
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Ryan Charles-Marc is a
Haitian-American dancer and choreographer based in South Florida.
He is currently a company member with Peter London Global Dance
Company and a member of the Nieces & Nephews dance crew.
Ryan’s artistic journey began at Diamonds Minds Transformational
Leadership Academy, a private school in Miami Gardens, after
relocating from Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake. READ MORE
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John Scott Dance Company and Kashyl Company-Ashley
Chen
Magdalena Hylak, François Malbranque, and Boris
Charrion of the John Scott Dance Company and Ashley Chen of Kashyl
Company perform seven Cunningham solos created over a span of sixty
years.
January 19, 2026: Paris, FR
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Kashyl Company-Ashley Chen
Ashley Chen (MCDC 2000-2003) performs the solos Idyllic
Song (1944) and Changeling (1957).
January 23, 2026: Metz, FR
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Pivot Festival: Parallel
Play/Myles Thatcher and Andy Meyerson
Myles
Thatcher performs Solo (1975) staged by Andrea
Weber (MCDC 2004-2011).
February 1, 2026: San Francisco, CA
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Workshop: Merce Cunningham
Trust
Jamie Scott (MCDC 2009-2011) and Andrea Weber (MCDC
2004-2011) will lead a Chance Procedures workshop for serious
intermediate and secondary school dancers.
February 13, 2026: Dallas, TX
Registration Link
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Merce Cunningham MinEvent
The Ohio State Department of Dance Students perform
a MinEvent staged by Daniel Roberts (MCDC
2001-2005).
February 19, 2026: Columbus, OH
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Lyon Opera Ballet performs
BIPED
Lyon Opera Ballet performs BIPED (1999),
staged by Jamie Scott (MCDC 2009-2011) and Andrea Weber (MCDC
2004-2011) at the New York City Center Theater.
February 19-21, 2026: New York, NY
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and Tickets
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Dancing with Bob:
Rauschenberg, Brown & Cunningham Onstage
Trisha Brown Dance Company performs Travelogue (1977),
staged by Marcie Munnerlyn (MCDC 2004-2011) and Andrea Weber (MCDC
2004-2011) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
February 26-28, 2026: New York, NY
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Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric
Works of the 1970s
Exhibit at the Menil
Collection
September 19, 2025-March 1, 2026: Houston, TX
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Robert Rauschenberg: Real
Time
Exhibit at the NSU Art Museum
November 16, 2025-April 26, 2026:
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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David Tudor: A View from
Inside
Exhibit at BOWERBIRD
January 15, 2026-March 21, 2026:
Philadelphia, PA
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Robert Rauschenberg
Sculpture
Exhibit at the Nasher Sculpture Center
January 31, 2026-April 26, 2026:
Dallas, TX
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Wesley
William (Bill) Davis, Jr.
1935-2026
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William (Bill) Davis was a member of the Merce
Cunningham Dance Company from 1963 to 1964 and originated roles
in both Story and Winterbranch. Bill
also performed in Cunningham's first Event, titled Museum
Event No.1, in Vienna, Austria during the company's 1964
world tour. Bill was the devoted partner of Albert Reid (MCDC
1964-1968)) for more than 70 years.
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Marsha Skinner, a
modernist painter and calligrapher, collaborated with the Merce
Cunningham Dance Company on four major works, including Beach
Birds, Change of Address, Enter, and Ocean.
Marsha Skinner's obituary from the Santa
Fe New Mexican can be read here.
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On January 31, 1992, the Merce Cunningham Dance
Company premiered Change of Address at the
University of Texas, Austin. This was the second of three
dances co-commissioned by the University of Texas. Change
of Address, with music by Walter Zimmermann and design by
Marsha Skinner, was an exploration of “unbalance,” with dancers
leaning, tumbling, falling, and toppling over. The third
co-commissioned dance, Tune In/Spin Out, premiered
at UT exactly four years later on January 31, 1996.
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Cunningham Technique® classes take place daily in New York City as
follows:
Monday & Wednesday & Friday
at the Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue
10:15-11:45am
Click here to
register
Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday
at 100 Grand St Studio
Soho
10:00-11:30am
Contact Tim Ward to register
Saturday
Beginner classes with Janet Charleston
at the Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue
1:00-2:30pm
Click here to
register
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