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Merce's First APAP

To my great surprise, by boss Merce Cunningham has decided to participate in the yearly forum called APAP, or the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. Merce's dance company has never been involved in this annual week of showcases and presentations, all of which are geared toward the acquisition of future performance engagements (the reason for this is that the company is often overbooked). To add his own little twist this year, Merce's showcase will involve the processing of live choreography: he will created new dance phrases using chance procedures, these movements will be documented in DanceForms 1.0, finally being learned and performed by three understudy dancers. This should definitely illuminate his process in a new way, and I've been given the honors for operating DanceForms while he choreographs - the material will be projected live in the presentation space.

The information of this event is: Merce Cunningham in Creation 55 Bethune St., 11th Floor 7:30 pm (Reception to Follow)

Jonah Bokaer

Jonah Bokaer (Ithaca, NY) is a contemporary dance graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts, and is a current member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. While studying Visual & Media Art at The New School University he began exploring choreographic software, and has developed several digitally-created choreographies that address the moving body in relation to contemporary technology. These works have been exhibited widely throughout the United States and abroad, to great critical acclaim. Bokaer is also the founder of "Chez Bushwick Studios," an interdisciplinary arts studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn.