MERCE CUNNINGHAM TRUST

Sadly, we again note the passing of an artist who worked with Merce and the Company. This past month, the dance world lost Steve Paxton, who made a huge impact on the field. Dancing with Merce from 1961 to 1964, Paxton is also known as a founder of the Judson Dance Theater and of the Grand Union. Paxton's loss was consequential and keenly felt. He was internationally recognized, honored and remembered for inventing Contact Improvisation and making the method freely available beginning in 1972. Contact Quarterly defines the method [as an] improvised dance form [that] is based on the communication between two moving bodies that are in physical contact and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion-gravity, momentum, inertia... Links to other websites. The Trust may provide hyperlinks or pointers to other websites maintained by third parties. The links to any such third party websites are provided for your convenience and information only. The content in..

Also known as: Merce Cunningham

Primary location: New York United States