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Painting a picture of a creative partnership Dadaism, Zen and the i ching... SUSAN MANSFIELD looks at the art of an unlikely team - choreographer Merce Cunningham and top composer John Cage
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IT ALL started because the bus was late. On tour in LA with his
dance company, Merce Cunningham was packed and ready to leave when he
learned that their coach was delayed by two hours. Looking for a way
to pass the time, he sat down at the table in his hotel room and
started to sketch the branches of a tree outside.
That morning in LA more than 20 years ago, Cunningham barely
noticed the hours fly by. "The future was clear," he wrote later. "In
any free moment, look about and draw."
Now 88 and still working, Cunningham is a titan in the world of
avant-garde choreography, just as his partner ...
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