Marilyn Wood
Celebration Art:
Omame Projecto: Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marilyn Wood (1929-2016) a dancer with Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Alwin Nikolais Company and was an American choreographer, intermedia artist, and dancer. She created contemporary, and city-scale intermedia performances known as “Celebrations”. Marilyn Wood’s Celebration Events are recognized for bringing communities together to celebrate their vitality and diversity. They are a unique experience of spectacle and participation in urban environments.[1] Her work is recognized as helping to reinvent the spirit and drama of the ancient festival in contemporary life. In 1987, Wood moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and founded the International Center for Celebration (ICC), an international network of artists whose innovative forms embraced the spirit, scale, and energy of the environmental and cultural venues of each project. Marilyn Wood pass away in 2016.
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