Films about Baryshnikov will be shown in New York: don’t miss this celebration of dance and grace

As part of the new spring season 2024 Baryshnikov Arts presents the film MERCE / MISHA / MORE_A with the participation of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Merce Cunningham, Jacqueline Harris, Chalvar Monteiro and Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Cinema event MERCE / MISHA / MORE_A is a unique program dedicated to several decades of creative friendship and collaboration between legends Mikhail Baryshnikov and Merce Cunningham.

MERCE / MISHA / MORE_A opens the 2024 spring season, which will include new projects in film, dance, music, visual art, opera and puppet theater. The new season will take place at the Jerome Robbins Theater at Baryshnikov Arts, 450 W. 37th Street, NYC.

The world premiere will take place on Thursday. March 7, 2024, at 19:00. Билеты Now Available.

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Additional shows:

• Friday, March 8, 2024, at 19:00
• Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 19:00 p.m.

The theater's founder and artistic director, Mikhail Baryshnikov, said: “As always, we welcome the spring of 2024 by opening the doors of our beautiful Jerome Robbins Theater to fresh ideas and exciting new disciplines. There’s something for everyone here and I can’t wait to share it with you.”

The program includes:

• memoirs of Mikhail Baryshnikov;

• rarely seen rehearsal footage from 1967 and 1994;

• a duet from Landrover featuring Jacqueline Harris and Chalvar Monteiro;

• world premiere of Daniel Madoff's film “Event at REDCAT”.

The evening will conclude with Merce Cunningham's 1999 performance of Charlie Atlas's "Just Dancing” and an unexpected gift for all viewers. This program is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first event of Merce Cunningham and the arrival of Mikhail Baryshnikov to the West.

Baryshnikov Arts is founded on the belief that artists play an indispensable role in our world by shaping perspectives, offering new approaches and initiating important dialogues in complex social, political and cultural communities. Baryshnikov Arts supports outstanding performers in experimenting with unique artistic expression that invites audiences to see the world in a new way.