Blondell Cummings

Blondell Cummings (October 27, 1944, Florence, South Carolina – August 30, 2015, New York City, New York) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. She received a bachelor's degree from New York University, and a master's degree from Lehman College. She was a founding member of Meredith Monk's company The House. Cummings appeared in Monk's 1973 opera Education of the Girlchild and Yvonne Rainer's 1976 film Kristina Talking Pictures.[1] Her most notable individual work was "Chicken Soup" (1981), part of a collection of dances in a piece entitled "Food for Thought",[2] was honored as an American masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts (2006).[3] She died from pancreatic cancer on August 30, 2015 in New York.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Perron, Wendy (September 2, 2015). "Remembering Blondell Cummings (1944–2015)". Dance Magazine.
  2. ↑ Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia (2002). Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance. University of Michigan Press. pp. 202–. ISBN 0-472-06814-8.
  3. ↑ Fox, Margalit (1 September 2015). "Blondell Cummings, Dancer of Life's Everyday Details, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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