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Jasper Johns, Numbers, 1964, Sculp-metal on canvas, 110 x 85”, commissioned for the lobby of the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Johns had Merce Cunningham step in the upper right hand corner of the painting, so that “Merce would get his foot in the door” of the new theater. Now, affectionately named, The Foot in the Door: Young Friends of Merce Committee consists of a diverse group of young people who support the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Members of FID make donations at or above $175 annually and receive benefits such as:
• Invitations to showings and cocktail receptions
• at the Merce Cunningham Studio
• Preferred seating opportunities
• Updates on company news and touring events
• Opportunities to purchase advanced seating to Company
performances across the country and around the world
Past events have included:
• A DanceForms and Chance Operations Workshop
• Foot in the Door Young Friends of Merce after-party
• for To Bob With Love Merce gala honoring
• Robert Rauschenberg. With Emcee’s Laurie Anderson
• and Lou Reed with DJ Matt Mohr
• Open rehearsals
FID Co-Chairs
Jamie Bennett
Julia Boland and Oscar Bleetstein
Antonia Bowring and Diana Propper
Jennie Tarr Coyne
Tambra Dillon
Benjamin and Elizabeth Fishman
Tyler Ladner
Stephan Millikin
Sarah Natkins
Justin Rockefeller and Indré Vengris
Nicholas Rudenstine and Maite Aquino
Stacy Tenenbaum Stark and Jay Stark
Rafael Weil |
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