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Author Cunningham, Merce.

Title The dancer and the dance / Merce Cunningham in conversation with Jacqueline Lesschaeve
Published New York : M. Boyars : Distributed in the USA by the Scribner Book Companies, 1985

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Description 238 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Dance is like water -- From Seattle to New York -- Black Mountain. Birth of the company -- The class -- Solos -- The dances I -- Choreographic moments -- The dances II -- Energy and positions. Clarity of the dances -- Landscapes: 20th century dancing -- Westbeth -- Dance and power -- Stages. Audiences. Events -- At the Paris Opera: Un jour ou deux -- From notation to video -- Locale. Chronological list of Merce Cunningham's choreographies -- Films and videos -- List of dancers -- A brief summary of Merce Cunningham's career
Analysis Modern dance
United States
United States Modern dance Cunningham, Merce
Notes Includes index
Updated English version of: Merce Cunningham, le danseur et la danse
Bibliography Filmography: pages 217-222
Subject Cunningham, Merce., 1919-
Cunningham, Merce.
Dancers -- United States -- Biography.
Modern dance.
Author Lesschaeve, Jacqueline.
LC no. 83025721
ISBN 0714528099