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Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years, by
David Vaughan
HARDCOVER, $50.00
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Unlike so many biographies of dance maestros, Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years offers no litany of substance or psychological abuse. The volume, assembled by the archivist of Merce Cunningham's world-renowned U.S. company, records and analyzes Cunningham's work process and documents the provenance of his modern dance classics. Heavily spiced with biographical detail, Merce Cunningham packages the choreographer's life story in a lovely design that respects his whole body and conveys a rare sense of movement in its mass of still photos.
Merce Cunningham: Fifty Forward, by
David Vaughan
CD-ROM, $10.00
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Fifty Forward is an update to David Vaughan's book Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years. This supplement is available digitally in the form of a CD-ROM and also includes an interview between David Vaughan and Merce Cunningham. Adobe Acrobat Player 6.0 or higher is needed to read the text and QuickTime Player 6.0 or higher is needed to play the video. Both can be downloaded for free from the internet.