Tag: Merce Cunningham

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company Legacy Tour: Responses from the Community

By Jess Van Nostrand
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The Merce Cunningham Dance Company performed in Seattle for the last time on October 27 and 29. We asked members of the community to share their responses to this major artistic event- here is what you wrote: I looked at it through the eyes of impermanence. I found myself thinking, “this is the last time [...]

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Accidents of Manufacture

By Stuart Dempster
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While several, or possibly many, new music improvisers frequently state that they play with “found objects,” I find that my default lies with what I call “accidents of manufacture.”1 What I mean by this is that many items that I find delightful were actually designed for something else. The classic item would be empty tin [...]

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