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John Cage - Roaratorio - An Irish Circus On Finnegans Wake

Full Liner Notes and Review Here:
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#classicalmusic #classical #johncage #cage #orchestra #musiclovers #jamesjoyce #arsacustica #finneganswake #irish #mankabros #avantgarde #mercecunningham
June 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
Sister Corina Kent's 10 RULES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS (this was given to Cage by Sister Corita; Cage distributed to his students at the Merce Cunningham Studio, and it is often misattributed to him). Totally vital. #johncage #poetry #mercecunningham #teaching
November 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
peterelliotlandau.bsky.social
Carolyn Brown, a Shaper of Revolutionary Dance #obitpix #carolynbrown #mercecunninghamdancecompany #mercecunningham #johncage #dancer #memoirist #robertrauschenberg #davidtudor #earlebrown #moderndance #artofinstagram #penandink #drawing #illustration #portraitdrawing
January 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
stephenchase.bsky.social
January reading:
Some decent books, a few very good, and one early contender for best book read this year...
(Clue: it's the top one)
Everything Will Swallow You by #TomCox The Employees by #OlgaRavn Hypothermia by #AlvaroEnrigue The Stone Door & Down Below by #LeonoraCarrington Stolen by #AnnHelenLaestadius Small Things Like These by #ClaireKeegan Dancers on a Plane by #JohnCage #MerceCunningham #JasperJohns
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
peterelliotlandau.bsky.social
Sandra Neels (second from left), Eminent in Modern Dance for 60 Years #obitpix #sandraneels #dancer #mercecunningham #winthropuniversity #penandink #drawing #illustration #portraitdrawing
July 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
deepsnow01.bsky.social
Merce Cunningham Ocean, Minnesota 2008
/ John Cage
#MerceCunningham
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Merce Cunningham Ocean, Minnesota 2008
YouTube video by Howard Silver
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September 24, 2026 at 5:11 AM
petergeerts1.bsky.social
Planning to go to Germany for this. 10-04 / 17-08-'25 Museum Brandthorst, Munich and 3-10-25 / 11-01-'26 Museum Ludwig, Cologne ropac.net/news/2138-fi...
#JohnCage #MerceCunningham #JasperJohns #CyTwombly #RobertRauschenberg
#MuseumBrandthorst #MuseumLudwig
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Five Friends: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly | Group exhibition
Five Friends focuses on a circle of artists who had a decisive influence on post-war art in the fields of dance, drawing, music, painting, and sculpture.
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January 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
buddhistdoor.bsky.social
BDG feature: Performing a Noh Dance for Merce Cunningham

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#Buddhism #Dance #Japan #Noh #Shinto #Zen #Kyoto #UdakaMichishige #MerceCunningham
Performing a Noh Dance for Merce Cunningham - Buddhistdoor Global
Joseph Houseal shares his recollection of a serendipitous meeting of minds, of ancient and modern, and a shared love for the liminal mysteries of dance
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December 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
supergays-botd.bsky.social
American composer John Cage, pioneer of 20th century experimental music and long-time romantic and creative partner of #MerceCunningham, was BOTD in 1912. #johncage #supergays #bornonthisday
John Cage
American composer John Cage was BOTD in 1912. Born in Los Angeles to a prosperous middle-class family, he studied briefly at Pomona College. He left before graduating to travel through Europe, enco…
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September 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
melkleingraz.bsky.social
Merce Cunningham was #BOTD 107 years ago. A dancer, choreographer at the forefront of the American modern dance for more than 50 years, Cunningham is also notable for his frequent collaborations with artists of other disciplines
Photo by Annie Leibovitz #DanceSky #MerceCunningham p 1 of 2
April 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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This picture captures what it means for dance when a visual artist great like Rauschenberg gets involved-- Click the link to read the preview in the Dance section of Picture This Post--

@bambrooklyn.bsky.social #TrishaBrownDance #MerceCunningham #RobertRauschenberg #JohnCage #NYCDance #NYCMusic
Brooklyn Academy of Music Presents Trisha Brown Dance Company - Preview
A spokesperson says--- “...program brings together two groundbreaking works that showcase Rauschenberg’s iconic designs—Set and Reset (1983) by Trisha Br
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February 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
stephenchase.bsky.social
Four3 (Beach Birds) #JohnCage #MerceCunningham
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Beach Birds For Camera (excerpt)
Choreography, Merce Cunningham Music, John Cage Directed by Elliot Caplan
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May 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
timnohe.bsky.social
I am delighted to be contributing music to this visionary setting of Merce Cunningham's "50 Looks" - May 16th at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Frame Dance will transform the museum and grounds with movement. Taylor Boykins is the extraordinary vocalist elevating my music. #mercecunningham
Two female dancers wearing flowing pink garments angle their arms and legs in a dance pose.
May 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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French dance troupe performs works by Merce Cunningham and Christos Papadopoulos- Click the link to read the preview in the Dance section of Picture This Post-

@nycitycenter.bsky.social #LyonOperaBallet #NYCDance #PictureThisPostDance #NewYorkNOW #MerceCunningham #ChristosPapadopoulos #choreography
New York City Center Presents Lyon Opera Ballet - Preview
A spokesperson says--- “...double bill brings together two striking works from both sides of the millennium: Merce Cunningham's seminal masterpiece BIPED and
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January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
jonsam1961b.bsky.social
Honoring My Cousin Viola...

Dance History Needs to Remember Viola Farber (1931-1998)

By Jeff Slayton

she was my Dad's first cousin, my Grandma's niece, Holocaust survivor...they barely got out...

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#MerceCunningham
Dance History Needs to Remember Viola Farber (1931-1998)
It is impossible for me to fail to recall Viola Farber, but I fear that because she did not share the amount of exposure as other more prominent male choreographers of her era, that Farber and her leg...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
dickmac999.bsky.social
#OnThisDay in 1919, American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham was born in Centralia, Washington. He died in 2009.

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#BOTD #Ballet #DanceSky #MerceCunningham
Headshot of Merce Cunningham from the April 1961 issue of Dance Magazine, commemorating the magazine's annual award winners
April 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
flipsy23.bsky.social
Combination and recombination are the DNA of Merce Cunningham's art: www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/imp... #moderndance #MerceCunningham #Dance #Baryshnikov #Beachbirds #DNA #Combinations
IMPRESSIONS: "In Conversation with Merce: New Arrangements" at Baryshnikov Arts Center
"Combination and recombination are the DNA of Merce Cunningham’s art. Cunningham’s dances can be set and reset, folded into each other, danced to new music, capped with new choreography, adapted into ...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
supergays-botd.bsky.social
American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, the gay godfather of American modern dance and long term partner/collaborator of composer John Cage, was BOTD in 1911. #mercecunningham #supergays #bornonthisdsy
Merce Cunningham
American dancer and choreographer Mercier (Merce) Cunningham was BOTD in 1911. Born in Centralia, Washington to a prominent middle-class family, he became interested in dance from an early age, tak…
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April 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
on-art-news.bsky.social
Neues zum Thema Queerness: Die Ausstellung "5 Freunde", heute und morgen noch zu sehen im Museum Brandhorst, ab Oktober im Museum Ludwig.
#cytwombly #jasper.johns #john_cale #mercecunningham #robert.rauschenberg
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Neues zum Thema Queerness - on art magazine
In der Ausstellung "5 Freunde" treten John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg und Cy Twombly als eng verflochtenes Netzwerk ins Zentrum – ihre freundschaftlich-romantischen und ...
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August 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
dbarman.bsky.social
My family loves #ADF and we're excited to be attending tonight's show, Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown and Cunningham Onstage with special guest Paul Taylor Dance Company #trishaBrown #PTDC #paulTaylorDance #merceCunningham #contemporaryDance americandancefestival.org/event/dancin...
Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown and Cunningham Onstage with special guest Paul Taylor Dance Company - American Dance Festival
Program: Set & Reset by Trisha Brown, 3 Epitaphs by Paul Taylor, Tracer by Paul Taylor, Travelogue by Merce Cunningham Running time: 90 minutes, including a pause and one intermission […]
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June 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
schwulissimo.bsky.social
Museum Ludwig - Fünf Freunde #MuseumLudwig #FünfFreunde #JohnCage #MerceCunningham #JasperJohns
Museum Ludwig - Fünf Freunde
Das Museum Ludwig widmet sich mit einer Ausstellung dem Netzwerk von John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg und Cy Twombly.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
prancerelkwood.bsky.social
“Falling is one of the ways of moving forward.”

Merce Cunningham - 1919-2009 - Dancer - Choreographer

#Quotes #quotes #MerceCunningham #Dancers #Lifequotes #quotesaboutlife #Choreographer
July 27, 2026 at 6:33 AM
bibarenagijon.bsky.social
#UnDiaComoHoy #29abril es el #DiadelaDanza . #TuBiblioRecomienda el #libro #Elbailarínyladanza de #MerceCunningham y #JacquelineLesschaeve , y editado por #GlobalRhythmPress . #Lecturarecomendada 📖 disponible en esta #biblioteca . #nosgustaleer #danza #diainternacionaldeladanza
April 29, 2026 at 11:28 AM
analgesicsleep.bsky.social
“BIPED” (youtu.be/o9BiF_6gt40?...) is a dance piece choreographed by American dancer & choreographer Merce Cunningham. He used computers and motion capture to choreograph along a 3-dimensional axis
#LaEsoterica #MerceCunningham #dance
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
histoiresdimages.bsky.social
🩰 New formats available!
Discover Robert Kayaert’s rare 1964 photographs of Merce Cunningham and his company, taken during their performances in Belgium.
Archival dance history, now in new print sizes.

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#MerceCunningham #DancePhotography #RobertKayaert #Archives #ModernDance
Crises ( Merce Cunningham, 1964) Photo originale par Robert Kayaert
Мерс Каннингем винтажное фото в черно-белом – архивная фотография современного танца 1960-х годов, арт-принт для скачивания
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October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM