Posted: February 14, 2011
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
The Legacy Tour
March 10, 2011, Thursday @ 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Legacy Tour on Thursday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Virginia G. Piper Theater.
Tickets are available for $34 and $44 online at www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or through the Patron Services Box Office at (480) 994-ARTS (2787), ext. 2.
Guided by choreographer Merce Cunningham’s radical approach to space, time and technology, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company has had a profound impact on American art since its founding in 1953. Following Cunningham’s death in 2009, his company embarked on its final, two-year world tour. Launched in February 2010, the Legacy Tour is a celebration of Cunningham’s lifetime of artistic achievement, showcasing 18 seminal works from throughout his career – including the revival of seven historic dances – and offers audiences a final opportunity to see Cunningham’s innovative choreography performed by the company that he personally trained. Currently encompassing more than 50 cities, the tour will culminate in New York City in December 2011. Following the conclusion of the tour, the company will disband.
In Scottsdale, the company will perform Event (2010) with choreography by Merce Cunningham, décor by Robert Rauschenberg and live music composed and performed by John King and Takehisa Kosugi.
In his own words, Cunningham described Event as, "excerpts of dances from the repertory and new sequences arranged for the particular performance and place, with the possibility of several separate activities happening at the same time – to allow not so much an evening of dances as the experience of dance."
RELATED PROGRAM
Exhibition Tour of Dance with Camera
Thursday, March 10, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA)
Admission: Free for ticket holders to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance
Visit SMoCA before the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance and explore the world of modern dance through the lens of a camera in this free tour of the Museum’s Dance with Camera exhibition, led by a curator. On view through May 1, the exhibition features artworks in film, video and photography that exemplify the ways that dance has inspired artists to record bodies moving in space and time. For more information about the exhibition and related programs visit www.SMoCA.org.
SPONSORSHIP
The Arizona Republic is the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ 2010–11 season media sponsor. Additional support is provided by Frontdoors.
LOCATION AND PARKING
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is located at 7380 E. Second St. in downtown Scottsdale, four blocks south of Indian School Road and three blocks east of Scottsdale Road. Free parking is available in the public parking garage located to the west of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and directly behind Los Olivos restaurant on Wells Fargo Avenue. Additional free parking is available at the Old Town Parking Corral at East Second Street and Brown Avenue and at the Civic Center Library parking garage located on Drinkwater Boulevard at East Second Street.
ACCESSIBILITY
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts offers performance accommodations to enhance audience members’ experience, including: American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation or live audio description with two weeks advance notice. Assistive-listening devices and wheelchair seating are always available. Visit the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ Web site at www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or contact the Patron Services Box Office at (480) 994-ARTS ext. 2 [TDD: (480) 874-4694] for further details. Please inquire about services when ordering tickets.
GROUP AND STUDENT DISCOUNTS
Attend with family and friends, or bring a group from your business, civic or religious organization. Save $4 per ticket and at least $30 in handling fees when purchasing 15 or more tickets to the same event (subject to availability; some restrictions apply). Instead of $2.50 per single ticket, the handling fee is only $7.50 total for group orders. Full-time students may purchase half-price tickets one hour before events/performances (subject to availability; limit one single ticket per full-time student; some restrictions apply). Must present current valid student I.D. in person at the patron services box office. No phone orders.
THE STORE
The Store @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts offers a unique selection of art-related merchandise, including handmade jewelry, imaginative toys, decorative objects from around the world, original furnishings for the home and office and music, books and greeting cards. Members receive a 10-percent discount, and gift-wrapping and shipping also are available. Purchases are tax-free and support the programs of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. The Store is open seven days a week: Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 5 p.m.; and throughout most evening performances (30 minutes after final curtain). Phone: (480) 874-4644.
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
One of the premier performing-arts halls in the Western United States, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is recognized for its diverse, high-quality presentations of classical and world music, dance, jazz and theater, educational programs and festivals, which serve more than 300,000 people annually. The Center is among the most important projects of architect Bennie Gonzales, who designed the 1975 adobe-inspired building as part of the Scottsdale Civic Center complex. A major renovation in 2009 by architect John Douglas modernized the Center’s main entrance and interiors. The cool and spacious Dayton Fowler Grafman Atrium welcomes visitors and showcases Kana Tanaka’s radiant glass sculpture, Spirit of Camelback, commissioned by the Scottsdale Public Art Program. Known for its intimacy and comfort, the Center’s state-of-the-art, 853-seat Virginia G. Piper Theater envelopes with its warm, wood interiors and excellent acoustics, while its gently sloped seating and superior viewing connect audience and artist. Additional venues include the Center’s 137-seat Stage 2 theater and neighboring 1,800-capacity Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater. The Center is located on a lush, 21-acre urban park, a short walk from Scottsdale’s Old Town and gallery districts. Nearby attractions include Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE and Louise Nevelson’s Windows to the West sculptures as well as the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) with James Turrell’s Knight Rise skyspace.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is owned by the City of Scottsdale and, along with SMoCA and the Scottsdale Public Art Program, is managed by the nonprofit Scottsdale Cultural Council.
HOW TO REACH US
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 E. Second St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Patron Services Box Office: (480) 994-ARTS (2787), ext. 2
TDD: (480) 874-4694
Web: www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org
E-mail: info@sccarts.org
Fax: (480) 874-4699
MEDIA CONTACT
Bill Thompson
Public Relations Manager
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Phone: (480) 874-4626
E-mail: billt@sccarts.org
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