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The Dancer's Body as Canvas or Kinetic Sculpture

  • Black Mountain College Museum 120 College St. Asheville, North Carolina, 288801 United States (map)

Merce Cunningham's dances often demonstrated unique approaches to dance costuming. His collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg, Summerspace (1958) layers abstract designs on the body, while Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo's costumes for Scenario (1997) frame the body with bulbous sculptural forms. Discussing these works highlights costuming strategies and raises questions about the relationship between movement and clothing on and off stage.  Free at the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville, NC>

Later Event: June 6
Enoch @ Camp North End