Debbie Allen Loved Jackson's 'This Is It'
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Dance
James Mitchell/APJackson's New Career: Permanent, Posthumous Brand
()The Michael Jackson concert film This Is It — cut together from rehearsals filmed in the months before the pop star's death — is just the latest venture to highlight how valuable the coin of celebrity can remain even after a star's life is over. Nate DiMeo looks at the big business of posthumous brand management.
Arts & Life
Creative Coincidences: Cage On Cunningham()
July 31, 2009 Composer John Cage was Merce Cunningham's life partner and longtime collaborator. Cage, who died in 1992, was a pioneer of electronic music and compositions involving chance and randomness.
Performing Arts
Merce Cunningham: A Life In Movement()
July 31, 2009 "One of the great iconoclasts in 20th-century art," Merce Cunningham revolutionized modern dance, pioneering abstract movement with his partner John Cage. Cunningham died July 26 at the age of 90.
Remembrances
Choreographer-Dancer Merce Cunningham Dies()
July 27, 2009 Cunningham's career, which spanned more than 60 years and some 150 works, revolutionized dance by wiping out storytelling and even tossing coins or dice to determine steps.
