On January 7, 2025, Carolyn Brown, a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, died at the age of 97. One of the great American dancers of her generation, she was an exquisite mover who commanded the stage with her powerful presence. Born Carolyn Rice on September 26, 1927, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Brown began […]

For anyone who has devoted herself to a choreographer and still wonders what he/she thinks of her, For anyone who has been puzzled by Merce Cunningham and John Cage’s work, For anyone who loves the Cage/Cunningham work, For anyone who has ever seen Carolyn Brown dance, For anyone who separates modern from ballet, Cunningham from […]