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Dance Paths Diverge at the New York City Center |
| Section: THE ARTS / DANCE |
| Author: Gregory Speck |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1986 |
| Size: 778 Words, 4,875 Characters |
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Given dance's increased popularity and acceptance as a legitimate and indeed mainstream element within the family of the arts, it is instructive to examine the divergent routes taken over the years by impresarios, choreographers, and dancers alike. Just as music and painting either follow or discard tradition and convention and to varying degrees reflect the philosophy and outlook of their creators, so too can this most physical of the creative languages provide eloquent statements about the quality of the lives we lead, how we relate to one another, and which behavioral patterns unite and separate us....
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... without threat of imitation.
To compare the work of Cranko with that of Cunningham is to polarize the two major approaches to this ancient, ritualistic art form: the former is based upon all of the advancements of recorded civilization; the later, which could have found favor only in a severely disoriented age, is the departure from a credence in meaning toward a resignation to absurdity.
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