Move your feet! Merce Cunningham technique.(tech-learn connection)(Merce Cunningham Studio) From: Dance Magazine | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Solomons, Gus, Jr. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Dance Magazine, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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In the 1960s, when I was studying at the Merce Cunningham Studio and then dancing with his company from 1965 to 1968, the Cunningham dancers already had a reputation--which persists--for being technically flawless. Since the dancing was not "about" anything but the movement itself, absolute clarity was quintessential to its full expression, and you couldn't mask a wobble with a dramatic flourish.

Cunningham technique is elegantly simple...