With guest artist Neil Greenberg, a noted post-modern choreographer, a master teacher, and a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1979-1986. Here he talks about seeing the company for the first time; about dancing for Merce; and about Merce's influence on his own life and work. In Mondays with Merce interview excerpts, Merce himself talks about the challenges of being a choreographer-performer. See Neil in film of his work and in Cunningham's "Channels/Inserts" and "Coast Zone."
MERCE CUNNINGHAM (1919-2009) was a leader of the American avant-garde throughout his seventy year career and is considered one of the most important choreographers of his time. Through much of his life, he was also one of the greatest American dancers. With an artistic career distinguished by constant innovation, Cunningham expanded the frontiers not only of dance, but also of contemporary visual and performing arts.
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