Dance legend recounts his onstage life
Kate Coster / The Dartmouth Staff Under the dim lights of Moore Theater, artistic legend Merce Cunningham provided an intimate glimpse into his life and work Wednesday night, in the program "In Conversation with Merce Cunningham." Cunningham, 88, a former dancer who has choreographed nearly 200 works for his dance company since 1953, recounted the whole of his artistic experience, from his earliest education to the present. Cunningham began his study at the Cornish School in Seattle, where, he said, he was exposed to all areas of the arts: dance, painting, sculpture and theater. "It was a remarkable education in contemporary art," he said, referring both to his training in dance as well as his early work in the theater. Cunningham said throughout his training he was driven by a desire to perform. "It was something I really wanted," Cunningham explained.
