Dancers take over the Walker galleries for Merce Cunningham opening
As part of the opening celebration Wednesday and Thursday for Walker Art Center's new exhibition "Merce Cunningham: Common Time," four former dancers in Cunningham's troupe reunited to stage an "Event" -- a 30-minute assemblage of his moves. Meanwhile, New York-based choreographer Maria Hassabi presented her own "Staging," with eight dancers scattered throughout the Walker, doing slow-motion movements that echoed Cunningham's use of stillness in his work.