Join us as the current class of the Dance Research Fellowship at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division present their final projects, looking at the archival material of Merce Cunningham in new and unexpected ways. This daylong symposium features the culmination of work undertaken during a six month fellowship cycle which began in July 2018. 

Schedule for the day:

10:00am-10:45am- Robert Greskovic
The Dancers and Their Stage Stripped Bare, More or Less, for the Dances of Merce Cunningham

11:00am-11:45am-Justin Tornow
Cunningham Technique as a Practice of Freedom

12:00pm-12:45pm-Claire Bishop
Pragmatic Expediency: A History of Cunningham’s Events

1:00pm-2:00pm- Lunch break
(Note: Lunch NOT provided)

2:00pm-2:45pm-Netta Yerushalmy
Merce and Netta

3:00pm-3:45pm-Preeti Vasudevan
Chance and Chaos

4:00pm-4:45pm-Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Progressing Dance Through Collaboration

Registration to the event gains you entry to all of the presentations. Audience members are welcome to enter and/or exit the auditorium between speakers. A live feed of the symposium will also be available in the lobby area of the Library for late arrivals. Please note that lunch is not provided, but is available for purchase at Amy's Bread in the cafe on the first floor. 

(If you need assistance with online reservations, please visit the welcome desk at the Library for the Performing Arts' Lincoln Center Plaza entrance, where volunteers will make a reservation for you, even if you do not use email. For free events, The Library generally overbooks to ensure a full house. All registered seats are released 15 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.)