false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175693694m/545871.jpg 545871 2 <p>The long-awaited memoir from one of the most celebrated modern dancers of the past fifty years: the story of her own remarkable career, of the formative years of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and of the two brilliant, iconoclastic, and forward-thinking artists at its center&#8212;Merce Cunningham and John Cage. <br><br>From its inception in the l950s until her departure in the l970s, Carolyn Brown was a major dancer in the Cunningham company and part of the vibrant artistic community of downtown New York City out of which it grew. She writes about embarking on her career with Cunningham at a time when he was a<b> </b>celebrated performer but a virtually unknown choreographer. She describes the heady exhilaration&#8212;and dire financial straits&#8212;of the company&#8217;s early days, when composer Cage was musical director and Robert Rauschenberg designed lighting, sets and costumes; and of the struggle for acceptance of their controversial, avant-garde dance. With unique insight, she explores Cunningham&#8217;s technique, choreography, and experimentation with compositional procedures influenced by Cage. And she probes the personalities of these two men: the reticent, moody, often secretive Cunningham, and the effusive, fun-loving, enthusiastic Cage. <br><i><br>Chance and Circumstance </i>is an intimate chronicle of a crucial era in modern dance, and a revelation of the intersection of the worlds of art, music, dance, and theater that is Merce Cunningham&#8217;s extraordinary hallmark.</p> 533145 20 3 2007 Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham total:19|5:9|4:8|3:1|2:0|1:1| 19 81 46 8 4 1 false false Wed Jan 28 08:19:13 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:23:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 18:56:03 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 09:57:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 16 08:05:35 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 11 07:21:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 12:40:41 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:41:12 -0800 2009 http://greeninteger.blogspot.com/2009/07...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 17:34:21 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:53:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 20 16:16:51 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 13 23:44:40 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Wed Jul 18 06:34:41 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 06:36:54 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Sep 08 13:09:51 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 22 14:18:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 11:59:19 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 11:59:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:32:39 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:32:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 19:12:40 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 19:13:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 22:25:23 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 22:25:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 05:17:47 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 16:49:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 08:34:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:34:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 29 08:19:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 08:19:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 13:05:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:05:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 15:27:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:27:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 04 07:53:22 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 07:53:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 19:50:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 19:50:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 11:30:51 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:30:51 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=545871