DANCE
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019
7:30 PM

Cunningham: Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event
BAM Opera House
30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

$35-$140
https://www.bam.org/dance/2019/night-of-100-solos

In celebration of the centennial of Merce Cunningham, the progenitor of postmodern dance (and thank God for him!), BAM, the Barbican, and UCLA are staging concurrent (not simultaneous:  time zone differences) performances in which 25 soloists on each stage perform 100 solos drawn from Cunningham's work.  Cunningham freed dance:  from extraneous "meaning"; from subservience to music; from silly exoticism.  The soloists include the two dancers of the 2018-19 season, Kyle Abraham and Sara Mearns; the stunning -- almost unbelievable -- musical ensemble assembled for the show is made up of David Behrman, Gelsey Bell, John King, Matana Roberts, and Jesse Stiles.  This major event is sold out -- how could it not be? -- but there may be standby tickets.  And the Merce Cunningham Trust will live-steam it, along with the London and LA shows.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  People are excited (for good reason) about the return of Philadelphia's Tony Luke's to New York -- this time in Brooklyn! -- for cheese steaks and roast pork sandwiches.