Merce Cunningham, American modern dancer and choreographer who developed new forms of
abstract dance movement.
Not exact matches
It looks like people
dancing — there's this idea of
movement and ebb and flow — and of course that's one of the busiest intersections in all of SoHo, so from an
abstract position you get a sense of the real
movement of the city.
Over the past decade, choreographer Pam Tanowitz has created a body of work that fuses ballet with classic modern
dance, creating
abstract movement that challenges stylistic expectations, as well as conventions of composition and the concert - going experience.
His visceral engagement with emotions, thoughts and other intangibles gives his
abstract imagery extraordinary immediacy, while his skilful use of fluid pigment, applied with
dance - like
movements and sweeping gestures that seldom actually touched the surface, broke decisively with tradition.
The contemporary
abstract art on view is inspired by
dance and portrays the qualities of both
movement and rhythm in their expressive forms.
White Cockatoo and Summertime are typical of this high moment; their lyricism and purity of
movements» remind one of the
abstract yet deeply expressive gestures of the modern
dance.