Stephen Petronio, after 40 years as Artistic Director of the Stephen Petronio Dance Company, has decided to close the company in light of financial challenges caused by a shifting arts funding landscape. Petronio's dance style reflects influences from both Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown, showcasing technical movements blended with hip and torso undulations. His company prepares for a farewell performance at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, revisiting choreographic works that exhibit the evolution of postmodern dance, rooted in a rich cultural background from New Jersey.
"After forty years as Artistic Director of his eponymous company, the Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Petronio has decided to close shop—a financial decision brought on by shifting interests in both private and public sources of funding."
"Watching the rehearsal, I detect the highly technical and aligned movements of Merce Cunningham, the father of postmodern dance. Petronio has taken these exercises and thwarted them, adding undulation, speed, and syncopation in the hips and torso."
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