Night of 100 Solos dances across three cities, reprising choreographer’s legacy
A Merce Cunningham Centennial Event presented at CAP UCLA
To commemorate the centennial of Merce Cunningham, the Merce Cunningham Trust is co-producing Night of 100 Solos, the largest Cunningham Event ever created. A total of 75 dancers from around the world will be divided over three stages in London, New York City, and Los Angeles for one night only on Merce’s 100th birthday, April 16, 2019. CAP UCLA presented the Los Angeles performance, with set design by UCLA Design Media Arts Professor Jennifer Steinkamp. UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Professor Kyle Abraham performed in the New York City presentation at BAM.
"One hundred solos will grace stages in New York, London and Los Angeles to honor the late American choreographer Merce Cunningham on Tuesday.“Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” will feature dancers from all over the world performing Cunningham’s choreography, with UCLA’s Royce Hall serving as the LA venue. Former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which disbanded in 2011, two years after Cunningham’s death, taught the solos to dancers of all ages and stylistic backgrounds for the event, hosted in the LA location by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
Each of the venues’ performances will showcase a different arrangement and staging of 100 solos, in addition to music and visuals created specifically for each venue, said Ken Tabachnick, executive director of the Merce Cunningham Trust."— Hannah Ferguson, April 15, 2019
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