Hudson Valley Project


MCDC partners with the Dia Art Foundation, Bard College, and The John Cage Trust at Bard College to conduct eight week-long residencies at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries from September 2007 through 2009.

Merce Cunningham will choreograph eight of his signature site-specific Events, one per residency during the two-year project, each within a different gallery at Dia:Beacon. As part of the Beacon Event performances, a group of composer/performers will present their original works. This group will also hold free concerts in the Merce Cunningham Studio as part of the Experiments in the Studio series.

Composer/performers in the Hudson Valley Project for the 2007–2008 season include: Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, David Behrman, John King, George Lewis, Fast Forward, Zeena Parkins, Richard Teitelbaum, Miguel Frasconi, and Marina Rosenfeld. The music for each Event performance is composed and performed by the company musicians.

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For directions call 845.440.0100 x45 or visit the Dia:Beacon web site.

Performance
Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 2 PM and 4:30 PM

Third series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon in the

Bruce Nauman Gallery.

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Activity at the Merce Cunningham Studio

Experiments in the Studio: An MCDC new music series: Monday, May 5. Featuring performances by David Behrman, Miguel Frasconi, Marina Rosenfeld, and Richard Teitelbaum.

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Residency Activities at the Dia:Beacon

MCDC Musicians In Conversation: Monday, May 12 @ 2 PM With David Behrman, Miguel Frasconi, Marina Rosenfeld, and Richard Teitelbaum.  Moderated by MCDC’s Sound Engineer and Music Coordinator Stephan Moore. Free with museum admission.
 
Open Company Rehearsal: Friday, May 16 @ 3:30 PM

Free with museum admission.
 
John Cage Reading Room: Work With Words:

Sunday, May 18–Monday, May 26. A presentation consisting of various items that relate to Cage's work with words, including publications, selected art works that make use of language (such as "Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel," and pages from the John Cage/Lois Long "Mushroom Book”) and archival materials relating to the exhibited works. In conjunction with the exhibition, an array of materials (audio, video, and print) will be available for sale in the Dia:Beacon Bookshop. Open during regular museum hours, 11am–6pm, Thursday–Monday.  Free with museum admission.
 
Family Day: Sunday, May 18 @ 12PM

MCDC representatives will team with Dia visiting artists to provide a new installment of the popular movement-based tour of the museum. Program will be indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. The program is limited to 40 people. Children (age 6+) must be accompanied by an adult. Free with museum admission. Call 845-440-0100 x33 to reserve a space.

Click an image above to view it larger. To see many more MCDC images, visit the Merce Cunningham Flickr Galleries.

MCDC's Hudson Valley Project, in partnership with the Dia Art Foundation, Bard College, and The John Cage Trust at Bard College, has been made possible, in part, through major support from The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisors. Additional support has been provided by Melissa and Robert Soros, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and through public support from the National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art.