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001 2006048799
003 DLC
005 20070612095645.0
008 061010s2007 nyuaf b 001 0aeng
010 $a 2006048799
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm74988403
035 $a(OCoLC)74988403
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050 00 $aGV1785.B755$bA3 2007
082 00 $a792.802/80922$aB$222
100 1 $aBrown, Carolyn,$cballet-dancer.
245 10 $aChance and circumstance :$btwenty years with Cage and Cunningham /$cCarolyn Brown.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2007.
300 $avi, 645 p., [40] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 612) and index.
505 0 $aBeginnings -- Black mountain -- New York: autumn 1952 -- New York: winter/spring 1953 -- Black mountain II -- New York: autumn 1953 -- On the move: 1954-1955 -- The first touring years -- The lean years -- The VW years -- The end of the beginning -- Connecticut: summer 1958 -- Europe, at last! -- "Success is dust!" -- Moving into the sixties -- Connecticut: summer 1960 -- Europe again: Venice 1960 -- Europe, continued: 1960 -- Troubling times: 1960-1961 -- Connecticut: summer 1961 -- Moving ahead -- Ups and downs -- Some ventures afield -- World tour / part I -- World tour / part II -- World tour / part III -- World tour / part IV -- World tour / part V -- Another beginning -- Full steam ahead -- Where from here? -- A professional company -- Some subsidy at last -- Mixed signals -- The beginning of the end -- Last chapter -- New York: spring 2004.
520 $aThis long-awaited memoir is an intimate chronicle of a crucial era in modern dance: the story of Brown's own remarkable career, of the formative years of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and of the two brilliant, iconoclastic, and forward-thinking artists at its center--Merce Cunningham and John Cage. From its inception in the 1950s until her departure in the 1970s, Brown was a major dancer in the company and part of the vibrant artistic community of downtown New York. She describes the exhilaration--and dire financial straits--of the company's early days, when composer Cage was musical director and Robert Rauschenberg designed lighting, sets and costumes; and the struggle for acceptance of their controversial, avant-garde dance. She explores Cunningham's technique, choreography, and experimentation with compositional procedures influenced by Cage. And she probes the personalities of these two men: the reticent, moody, often secretive Cunningham, and the effusive, fun-loving, enthusiastic Cage.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aBrown, Carolyn,$cballet-dancer.
600 10 $aCunningham, Merce.
600 10 $aCage, John.
650 0 $aDancers$zUnited States$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006048799-b.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006048799-s.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006048799-d.html