Film screening of “Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Robert Rauschenberg Collaborations,” March 6

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Film screening of “Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Robert Rauschenberg Collaborations,” March 6

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in downtown Asheville presents a FILM SCREENING on Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 pm of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Robert Rauschenberg Collaborations. Three dances documented by filmmaker Charles Atlas (Suite for Five, Summerspace & Interscape) illuminate the fruitful collaborations between Merce Cunningham, Robert Rauschenberg & John Cage, three major American artists in their respective fields of dance, visual art & music, all of whom spent significant time at Black Mountain College.

Admission is $8 / $5 for BMCM+AC members & students w/ID.

This evening of film is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cynthia Homire: Vision Quest which received support from The Beattie Foundation and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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