Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009

<p><i>Beacon Event</i>, 2008. Performance at Dia:Beacon.<br>
Choreography: Merce Cunningham. Photo: Anna Finke.</p>

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Beacon Event, 2008. Performance at Dia:Beacon.
Choreography: Merce Cunningham. Photo: Anna Finke.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) presented seven performances in a series at Dia:Beacon entitled Beacon Events in 2007-2009. During this two year residency, MCDC presented a series of week-long, seasonal residencies and held performances in the galleries devoted to the work of Andy Warhol, Walter De Maria, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, and Imi Knoebel. Merce Cunningham choreographed his signature, site-specific Events and invited viewers to walk around the galleries to experience Cunningham’s performances from different vantage points. The performances were accompanied by an original live score developed specifically for each Event, and were the only time the musicians and dancers would come together in each setting.

Past Events

Funding

Press Releases

Past Events

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: Seventh Performance
May 16, 2009, 4:30pm

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: Sixth Performance
February 21 and 22, 2009, 2:00pm

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: Fifth Performance
December 6 and 7, 2008, 2:00pm

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: Fourth Performance
July 5 and 6, 2008, 2:00pm

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: Third Performance
May 18, 2008, 2:00 and 4:30pm

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: Second Performance
January 12 and 13, 2008, 2:00pm

Dia:Beacon
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events, 2007-2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events: First Performance
September 30, 2007, 3:00pm

Funding

MCDC’s Hudson Valley Project, in partnership with Dia Art Foundation, Bard College, and The John Cage Trust at Bard College, has been made possible, in part, through major support from The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisors. Additional support has been provided by Melissa and Robert Soros, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, and through public support from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Supplemental gifts were made in honor of Anne d’Harnoncourt and by Victoria and S.I. Newhouse, and Carla Emil and Richard Silverstein.

Press Releases

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Second in Series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Third in Series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Fourth in Series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Fifth in Series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Sixth in Series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries

Merce Cunningham Dance Company to Perform Seventh and Final in Series of Beacon Events at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries