Cunningham Technique
Lyon Opera Ballet
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels organizes in collaboration with Sadler's Wells the workshop Cunningham Technique taught by Lyon Opera Ballet as part of its Festival in London.
As part of the Lyon Opera Ballet's visit to London with the Cunningham Forever program, the company is offering a chance for many people to discover the highly specific technique developed by Merce Cunningham over more than 50 years, which enabled him to create more than a hundred dances.
The class for non-professionals will be taught by Cédric Andrieux, Ballet Director and long-time member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
The class for professionals will be taught by Raul Serrano Nuñez, Ballet Master of the Ballet de Lyon, who has had extensive experience of Merce Cunningham's work during his more than 10-year career with the Ballet.
Non-professional workshop : 19 March, 4 p.m. – 5.15 p.m.
Professional workshop : 20 March, 11 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
Location : Studio C at Sadler's Wells Angel
Admission : free
"Cunningham Technique is a rigorous form of training designed to create strength and flexibility of both the body and the mind. It develops clarity, strength and flexibility in both the spine and legwork. The torso and legs are used either in coordination or opposition to one another. Spatial Awareness is gained by implementing multiple changes of direction within a single phrase where any point in the space can be the dancer's front. In more advanced work, various parts of the body move simultaneously in multiple directions. A variety of meter and tempo are given throughout the class to build a foundation for rhythmic precision and dynamic movement." Merce Cunningham Trust website
“Cunningham Technique is a rigorous form of training designed to create strength and flexibility of both the body and the mind.”
Merce Cunningham
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival presents BIPED by Merce Cunningham with the Lyon Opera Ballet in collaboration with New York City Center as well as Travelogue as part of Dancing with Bob, a program by the Trisha Brown Dance Company in collaboration with Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Lyon Opera Ballet
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Lyon Opera Ballet for the creation of Before the storm, a program presenting Actus... by Lucinda Childs, The Grey Area by David Dawson and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe. Dance Reflections is also supporting the creations of Alessandro Sciarroni and Le Sacre du Printemps by Mats Ek in Septembre 2026.
