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This is a spectacular book that asks what happened to the great American ideals that this country was founded on, and shows how they have been undermined by closed, secret "cabals" that act as a government within the government, defying the fundamentals of democracy. A MUST READ!
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The wonderful thing about this book is that it gives a very close-up view of the Cage/Cunningham world, especially in the early years of the Cunningham Dance Company. It also presents the two major figures, John Cage and Merce Cunningham, in a critical light. We see them both as the towering creative forces that the outer world knows, as well as the difficult, moody, and complicated people they really are, or were.
The book is exhausting in the way it reveals Brown's life as a dancer, and the tensions and struggles of the Company. Perhaps it could be a few pages shorter, but the insight into the world of modern dance in general, and the NY avant-garde in the 1950's and 60's in particular is fascinating and valuable.
It's also a good example of why people keep detailed journals.
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Journey to the Abyss: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918 by Harry Kessler
Richard Friedman, April 18, 2012
Alex Ross writes about Kessler and these early diaries in the April 23rd issue of the New Yorker. Excellent article. Now I need the book!The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America by Peter Dale Scott
Richard Friedman, September 2, 2007
This is a spectacular book that asks what happened to the great American ideals that this country was founded on, and shows how they have been undermined by closed, secret "cabals" that act as a government within the government, defying the fundamentals of democracy. A MUST READ!(3 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham by Carolyn Brown
Richard Friedman, June 22, 2007
The wonderful thing about this book is that it gives a very close-up view of the Cage/Cunningham world, especially in the early years of the Cunningham Dance Company. It also presents the two major figures, John Cage and Merce Cunningham, in a critical light. We see them both as the towering creative forces that the outer world knows, as well as the difficult, moody, and complicated people they really are, or were.The book is exhausting in the way it reveals Brown's life as a dancer, and the tensions and struggles of the Company. Perhaps it could be a few pages shorter, but the insight into the world of modern dance in general, and the NY avant-garde in the 1950's and 60's in particular is fascinating and valuable.
It's also a good example of why people keep detailed journals.
(8 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)