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Dancing with Merce Cunningham

Author: Search for this author Preger-Simon, Marianne (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Marianne Preger-Simon ; foreword by Stuart Hodes ; afterword by Alastair Macaulay
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: 2019
Publisher: Gainsville, University Press of Florida
Media group: Buch
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"Dancing with Merce Cunningham is a buoyant, captivating memoir of a talented dancer's lifelong friendship with one of the choreographic geniuses of our time. Marianne Preger-Simon's story begins amid the explosion of artistic creativity that followed World War II. While immersed in the vibrant arts scene of postwar Paris during a college year abroad, Preger-Simon was so struck by the unconventional dance style of choreographer Merce Cunningham that she joined his classes in New York. She soon became an important member of his brand new dance troupe-and a constant friend. Through her experiences in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Preger-Simon offers a rare account of exactly how Cunningham taught and interacted with his students. She describes the puzzled reactions of audiences to the novel non-narrative choreography of the company's debut performances. ..."-- Provided by publisher

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Author: Search for this author Preger-Simon, Marianne (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Marianne Preger-Simon ; foreword by Stuart Hodes ; afterword by Alastair Macaulay
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: 2019
Publisher: Gainsville, University Press of Florida
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ISBN: 978-0-8130-6485-7
Description: x, 203 Seiten : Illustrationen
Tags: Biografie; Modern Dance; Tanzgruppen; USA; Cunningham, Merce
Language: Englisch
Media group: Buch