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Merce Cunningham at 75 - why modern dance choreographer's works can no longer sustain their avant-music or their maker's vision - Column Cunningham was an innovative contributor to modern dance in the 1950s and 1960s when abstractions in dance and music were encouraged. In re-evaluating Cunningham's works, it now appears that his creat...(Continue Reading) Dance music dos & don'ts: it's White Party season, and you want music that will make you shake it, Four Advocate music critics offer their picks for MARGARET COBLE BUY: Kaskade: San Francisco Sessions, v. 4--Soundtrack to the Soul (Om) DJ-producer Ryan Raddon (a.k.a. Kaskade) bas quickly become ......(Continue Reading)Music choices - Starting Here - composing music for dance - Brief Article LIKE MOST PEOPLE WHO KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT A SUBJECT, I AM NONETHELESS WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT. OH, I CAN COUNT A PHRASE, CAN DO A TIME STEP, AND AM ACQUAINTED WITH LOUIS HORST'S IDEAS on choreog...(Continue Reading)Heritage? … What heritage? - Attitudes - preserving modern dance pieces - Brief Article THERE WERE TWO TRULY IMPORTANT TRENDS IN DANCE DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE FIRST--THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN DANCE AND ITS GROWTH, AT FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES, THEN LATER WORLDWIDE, as a dis...(Continue Reading)Delicious duo: the gay half of the Danish dance act Junior Senior tells how he's become an unlikely pop pinup - music The walls of New York's famed Knitting Factory nightclub seem to be shaking. A capacity crowd of sweaty, downright joyful men and women are grinding ......(Continue Reading)
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