John Cage News

As part of The River To River Festival, the dance community's leading lights will celebrate the extraordinary life of Merce Cunningham in a free outdoor performance on July 26th in New York, the city in which he worked and lived for 70 years.

Peak Performances @ Montclair announces their 2010-2011 season which revolves around a Promethean challenge. Like Prometheus, who challenged Zeus's power by bringing fire to man, each of the artists, a shaman in his own right, promises to ignite audiences' intellects and imaginations. All events take place at Montclair State University at 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair.

In May 1977 three artists--Robin Hirsch, a writer and director; Charles McKenna, an actor; and Raphaela Pivetta, a visual artist--stumbled across a tiny storefront on Cornelia Street in the heart of Greenwich Village and thought it the perfect place to open a café.

The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.

The Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival (June Lindenmayer, Executive Director; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director), with sponsorship from The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, has announced the line-up for the 2010 summer season of theatre and dance at the venerable performing arts camp and school in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mit den Vorstellungen am Sonntag, den 20. Juni 2010, endet die Saison 2009/2010 am Theater Basel. Gerne stelle ich Ihnen bereits jetzt die Premieren des Theater Basel im August/September 2010 zum Beginn der Saison 2010/2011 vor

The Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival (June Lindenmayer, Executive Director; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director), with sponsorship from The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, has announced the line-up for the 2010 summer season of theatre and dance at the venerable performing arts camp and school in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Guitarist and vocalist extraordinaire Raul Midón plays the Blue Note in a benefit for JazzReach on June 14. Midón drew national attention with a jaw-dropping performance of his song 'State of Mind' on the David Letterman show in 2005.

REDCAT and the Cunningham Dance Foundation raised more than $100,000 at a special benefit on June 7th celebrating the legacy of the legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham. A full house of over 200 filled the intimate theater Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater for the exclusive event featuring the final performance of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) in Los Angeles with special guest artist Mikhail Baryshnikov and a screening of Charles Atlas' film With Merce.

PASCAL PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the world premiere production of MODOTTI, written and directed by Wendy Beckett (Off-Broadway?s Anais Nin: One of Her Lives).

PASCAL PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the world premiere production of MODOTTI, written and directed by Wendy Beckett (Off-Broadway?s Anais Nin: One of Her Lives).

The 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center presents the world premiere of the revival of Merce Cunningham's Roaratorio as part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Legacy Tour, a final two-year celebration of Cunningham's lifetime of artistic achievement.

7 Wonders of The Tank Anniversary and Fundraiser Held 6/5

The 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center presents the world premiere of the revival of Merce Cunningham's Roaratorio as part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Legacy Tour, a final two-year celebration of Cunningham's lifetime of artistic achievement.

GERING & LóPEZ GALLERY is pleased to present WILLIAM ANASTASI: Drawings. This will be Anastasi's first exhibition with the gallery, and his fifth solo exhibition with Sandra Gering.

Guitarist and vocalist extraordinaire Raul Midón plays the Blue Note in a benefit for JazzReach on June 14. Midón drew national attention with a jaw-dropping performance of his song 'State of Mind' on the David Letterman show in 2005.

7 Wonders of The Tank Anniversary and Fundraiser Held 6/5

As part of the 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, the world premiere of the reconstructed Roaratorio by Merce Cunningham will be presented at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Legacy Tour, a final two-year celebration of the choreographer's lifetime of artistic achievement

Witness Relocation, 'a dance theater anarchist's Utopia' (Performing Arts Journal), will end its return to La MaMa on May 23 with the English language premiere of 'Five Days in March,' an award-winning play by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada.

MEREDITH MONK: INNER VOICE Released on DVD May 18