Merce Cunningham Died
 

Damn! He had a long life though.

Did any of you investigate him?

was that Ritchie's older dumb brother on happy days?

No, he was someone Sonic Youth would have Fuppeted.

true. but then sonic youth like "dance"

This IS the Sonic Youth forum, right?

Fuck it.

dance as a culturally relevant art form died around 1914

everything "dance" since then has been a slow progression into total irrelevancy.


is that an unpopular opinion?

So sy live a not so sonic life coz they gladly paid hommage to Cunningham?

they can do whatever they wanna do.

but it still does not change that the current cultural impact of dance as an art form is right around that of cut-out sillouettes (sp?) or easter egg decoration.

So something that does not affect the culture of the masses is worthless (p.s. just in case it's not clear, I'm not "fighting" here, eh, but as I think you know already I'm just kinda fascinated about your so strong opinions on stuff from time to time and I wanna know more about your views)?

brb guys. making my cut-out easter-egg silhouettes dance.




oh, wait, this is a "RIP" thread. sorry for the desecration. carry on.

Not so much unpopular as pig-shittingly stupid is what it is. Everyone can, and should, dance. What more cultural relevance do you need?

Dunno, I really can't say I know shit about dance, but I see people dancing in every damn pop video and boys dancing on tv and tv shows on dancing, and tv shows for kids on dancing, etc etc, "tribal dances" in documentaries about forgotten tribes, dervishes, tarantella, there's this etoile (Bolle) on many talk shows over here...Seems like dancing is everywhere to me.

So farewell then, Merce Cunningham
Paragon of modern dance
You leapt and pirouetted to Cage
and Feldman
And influenced many with your
dance moves.

Without you leading the way
Would Michael Clarke have bared his
buttocks and danced to
the
sounds
of The Mighty Fall
?

I think not!

worthless and irrelevant are not the same thing

people dancing is a persona joy to do.

but as ART, as culturally relevant ART, it is dead.

Bollocks. That's like saying that architecture isn't important because no-one notices it. Go back, think about what you've said, realise it's bollocks and come back with the correct opinion.

I dance, in my garage, almost daily. it's a complicated metaphysical event designed to summon rain and good fortune.

when I'm not dancing, you can be sure, in the least, I'm doing a solemn head-nod. does head nodding count as dancing? I think it does. HIGH FUCKING ART.

RIP Merce Cunningham, whoever the hell you were.

ps: rob's an ideological pitbull. once his jaws lock, you'll never shake him loose.

Rob's a nice fella who's prone to spates of complete fuckwittery, you mean.

his name is Rob Instigator, so at least he's being up front about his tactics.

besides that, fuckwittery is relative. and by that, I mean, Rob's my brother from another mother. he had me at "BECK SUCKS".

capital letter Dance (the art form, like mosaics, fresco painting, et c.) holds no cultural relevance anymore. It does not affect the world/public consciousness the same way arts such as music, photography, film, literature Architecture etc currently do.
of course it is just a rise and fall sine wave, but currently, Dance (the art) is nearly dead as far as cultural relevancy goes.

it is right behind musical theatre and lyric poetry!

argue all you want but this is true.

although I'm with you on this one, I don't have the stamina to last through the withering assault that yr about to receive from all of the drooling musical theatre fans here.

gawdspeed, instigator. gawdspeed.

Musical Theatre, the last bastion for gangly, pimply, socially awkward high school students.

really? I thought that was WoW. :confused:

everyone knows WoW is for the aged 30+ set

if by "everybody", you mean "people who really don't know", then, yeah. totally.


ok. I'm starting to disgust myself. I was ok with 'jacking the Michael Jackson thread, but it feels wrong to ruin one for a person who might have meant something to somebody (whatever the hell that something might be, I don't know).

Look, just because you're an American doesn't mean that everyone else is. Just because people don't dance into your field of vision doesn't mean it doesn't happen, or isn't relevent in general. Same with musical theatre. Same with lyric poetry. Same with dageurrotypes, alchemy, opera, l'estampies, mummers, Rosacrucian societies, camera obscura...

The public consciousness has fuck all to do with art. Mercifully. What I'm saying is that if more than one person does it, it's culturally relevent.

Except unicycling.

DEAR POSTER_X: lawlz @ yr neg rep. I'll get you, my pretty. and yr little dog Toto too.


"You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later."

CURSES.

if one person does it, and nobody notices, that is the definition of irrelevance!

kinda like a wolf eyes show!

Well, I don't think Wolf Eyes are irrelevant. I think we can probably agree they're shit though.

It's Dada! :eek:

Anyone Can Play Guitar!

Dancing is so much more "natural" than bands with guitars and drums.

I only know Cunningham via one of my idols/heros: John Cage. And what do you know, SNY embraced both. For reasons that make a lot of sense to me, knowing something about SNY and all.

"Groups with drums and guitars are never going anywhere." (Or something like that.)

I know fuck all about Dance, but Rob, I feel in my heart that you are wrong about this. But it is a joy to see this pov, and I welcome an elaboration/expansion of this opinion. Thanks.

this
this + dancing is awesome. end of.


glice is on a roll

Hahahahaha. I think I'm starting to like Rob.

My 15month old son "dances" when any music comes on. Maybe he tries to mimic me, idk.

I have no idea why I posted that.

Of course, we know that these things are completely dead! ???

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Beautiful.

If a tree falls in the forest...........