“ In Cunningham’s world, dancers are not characters but spatial objects moving in time. And though they may not follow a melody, they ride the waves of physical rhythm in a similar way. Karole Armitage, now a seminal modern choreographer and a five year veteran of the company, says the Cunningham technique was “totally natural. Merce figured it out; it’s just so deeply right with the laws of physics and our natural selves. As he pointed out, everything is dance movement - walking in dance - it’s just how you incorporate it into the bigger picture. And we all walk without music.
NyMag article on Merce Cunningham by Rebecca Milzoff
