-- Merce Cunningham
One of the 20th century's most original dance-makers, Merce Cunningham has influenced a generation of choreographers with his abstract and complex methods of movement analysis and cerebral yet aesthetic creations. In fact, Cunningham's love of intellectual engagement and his academic background make his company a natural favorite at colleges and universities. In the "Masterworks" episode, Spark follows the Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Stanford University as he and his dancers take on "Encounter: Merce."
"Encounter: Merce" was an unusual campuswide interdisciplinary project that took place in March 2005. The event put Cunningham's decades-long career in context, with exhibits, films, workshops and panel discussions presented not only by the dance division and arts presenter Stanford Lively Arts, but also by the music and visual arts departments and the Stanford School of Medicine.
Read more on the KQED Spark website.
