Merce Cunningham Dance Company Final Legacy Tour

T and I saw Merce Cunningham’s Dance Companies’ performance of Nearly Ninety a few weeks ago while she was visiting. This version of the piece was accompanied by new music from former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and mixed-media sound composer Takehisa Kosugi. I had not seen Cunningham’s Company perform before, and watching contemporary dance for the first time in years in Hong Kong snapped many things in to place. The dancers thrillingly embodied relationships in their every movement. Just writing that I am thrown back to a tribe …