L to R: Walter Pierce, Executive Director, Wang Celebrity Series, Merce Cunningham, Holly Sidford, New England Foundation for the Arts, in 1988.
Dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, one of the 20th century's great innovators, died on Sunday (July 26, 2009) at 90 years of age. Written appreciations from around the world are pouring onto the internet honoring this legendary figure, many featuring video or photo galleries, below is a sampling.
The New York Times: ArtsBeat blog, Alastair MacaulayThe Washington Post: Sarah Kaufman
Los Angeles Times: Culture Monster blog
San Jose Mercury News
The Christian Science Monitor
The Times (UK)
Telegraph (UK)
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Alma Guillermoprieto: Merce Cunningham" in The New Yorker
The Baltimore Sun
Charlotte Higgins on Culture (Guardian UK blog)
Miami Herald
The Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy blog
National Public Radio: the two-way news blog
Rolling Stone
BBC News
Berkshire Eagle
Village Voice: Deborah Jowitt
The Centralia Chronicle (Cunningham's home town paper)
The Celebrity Series has presented the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on two occasions: in 1970, two lecture/demonstrations featuring Cunningham and Company with, among others, the composer John Cage in the pit; and again in 1988 for three distinct programs at John Hancock Hall.
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