Program Description
Event Details
Douglas Dunn and six of his company dancers, along with musician Jerome Begin, will present The Three-Body Problem, adapted for Croton Free Library's Ottinger Room.
The audience will be seated along the long semicircular arc of windows. Dancers will perform for approximately 40 minutes, covering the spectrum from elegant to playful, with occasional moments of mischief.
The performance will be followed by a Q&A moderated by curator Gabriella Hiatt.
Free and open to all. This performance is appropriate for all ages.
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Douglas Dunn is a New York-based dancer and choreographer working since 1971. He was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1969 to 1973, and a founding member of Grand Union, the non-rehearsing troupe that rollicked from 1970 to 1976. Following his own duet, solo, and film work in the 1970s, he formed Douglas Dunn + Dancers in 1978, and in 1980 set Stravinsky’s Pulcinella on the Paris Opera Ballet. He is Board Member Emeritus of the New York City presenting organization Danspace Project. He likes to collaborate with poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, composers and playwrights to offer a multifaceted theatrical experience. In 1998 he was awarded a NY Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for Sustained Achievement, and in 2008 was honored by the French government as Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. While continuing to lead Douglas Dunn + Dancers, he teaches Open Structures at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and presents salons at his studio at 541 Broadway in Manhattan. He has a book of collected writings, "Dancer Out of Sight."