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Known worldwide for his remarkable, groundbreaking choreography, Merce Cunningham has a secret: he also draws. For the first time he opens a door into his fantastical animal kingdom with Aperture's publication of Other Animals. Cunningham, an obsessive observer with a colossal sense of humor, revels in nature with the same childlike vision and expressiveness that infuses his dances. Like his dances, his drawings are impressions, inventions, gestures and interactions. Cunningham introduces us to a bird riding a turtle, a bizarre hybrid creature wearing a fashionable sweater and an ostrich that rivals the gracefulness of his dancers.The drawings are collected in a beautifully produced, colorful volume, with selected entries from Cunningham's journals and photographs of some of his dances and their notations. These drawings offer a key to understanding how Cunningham renders his vision of the world through dance--and how his vision is translated into costuming through his collaboration with designers such as Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garconnes.Product Identifiers
PublisherAperture
ISBN-139780893819460
eBay Product ID (ePID)91922988
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Book TitleOther Animals: Drawings by Merce Cunn
AuthorDavid Vaughan
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicNature, Books
Publication Year2004
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Title_AuthorDavid Vaughan
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States