The Merce Cunningham Dance Company & Brooklyn Academy of Music present: April 16 marks the 90th birthday of Merce Cunningham - one of the most important choreographers of our time - whose radical approaches to space, time, and technology continue to redefine the way we experience dance. Over the course of his celebrated career, he has forged a distinctive language of movement, illuminating the body's inherent drama and limitless capacity for change. And as a longtime collaborator of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns, he has played a leading role in fostering innovation across art forms. In celebration of his birthday, Merce Cunningham Dance Company returns to BAM with the world premiere of a dazzling evening-length work created in collaboration with and performed live by underground rock legend Sonic Youth, former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and mixed-media sound composer Takehisa Kosugi. With an intriguing multi-tiered décor by world-renowned architect Benedetta Tagliabue, lighting by Tony and Obie-winning designer Brian MacDevitt, and costumes by Romeo Gigli, this new masterpiece is testament to the boundless imagination of a man who, on the cusp of his ninth decade, still keeps us on our toes. |
 On April 16, 2009 - the evening of iconic artist Merce Cunningham's 90th birthday - the Merce Cunningham Dance Company will premiere his stunning, evening-length new work, Nearly Ninety (shown in rehearsal, above), at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Join the Cunningham Dance Foundation and Brooklyn Academy of Music as we celebrate this milestone with a joint 2009 spring gala. Join us on opening night for the Cunningham Dance Foundation's & Brooklyn Academy of Music's spring gala. Buy tickets to Nearly Ninety. BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Running time: 90min with intermission Décor Design by Benedetta Tagliabue Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt Costumes by Romeo Gigli for "io ipse idem" Music composed and performed by: John Paul Jones Takehisa Kosugi Sonic Youth  Header Photo by Mark Seliger |
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