{"product_id":"merce-cunningham-changes-notes-on-choreography-paperback","title":"Merce Cunningham: Changes: Notes on Choreography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMerce Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eFrances Starr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the occasion of Merce Cunningham's centennial comes this handsome new edition of his classic and long-out-of-print artist's book \u003ci\u003eChanges: Notes on Choreography\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1968 by Dick Higgins' Something Else Press. The book presents a revealing exposition of Cunningham's compositional process by way of his working notebooks, containing in-progress notations of individual dances with extensive speculations about the choreographic and artistic problems he was facing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with over 170 photographs and printed in color and black and white, the book was described by its original publisher as \"the most comprehensive book on choreography to emerge from the new dance ...  which] will come to stand with Eisenstein's and Stanislavsky's classics on the artistic process.\" By the time these notebooks were published, Cunningham had already led the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for 15 years, and had collaborated with Cage and others on milestones such as \u003ci\u003eVariations V\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) and \u003ci\u003eRainForest\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), the latter with Andy Warhol, David Tudor and Jasper Johns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with his essay collection \u003ci\u003eDancing in Space and Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eChanges\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most significant publications on Cunningham's enduring contributions to dance, which developed through collaboration with John Cage to incorporate formal innovation with regard to chance, silence and stillness. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725957304383,"sku":"9780998829074","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/66b3a872ca1d756c11a8cd253e30ca34.webp?v=1765108651","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/merce-cunningham-changes-notes-on-choreography-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}