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After a Dance is Danced
Monday, October 10, 2016 @ 5:30 pm
Scandinavia House presents a special discussion with the Cullberg Ballet in relation to the guest performances of “Figure A Sea” by Deborah Hay and Laurie Anderson for the Cullberg Ballet at Montclair University. To relate to one’s legacy and to define that relation is an inevitable question for every dance company with a long history and a groundbreaking founder. That is not different for the Swedish company Cullberg Ballet nor for, for example, the the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The answer to that question seems merely a matter of decision making. More difficult is it to answer the question: “What are the reasons to keep a legacy, the complete oeuvre of choreographies of the company’s founder, alive?” In what form should we keep dance works alive? Is it enough to have digitalized versions of the videos and films? Or do we need to restage…