April 30 (Bloomberg) — After British explorer Percy Fawcett disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1925, a number of copycat “Fawcett freaks” also vanished while searching for him.
David Grann survived to write “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.” It’s a gripping story that has already been optioned by Brad [...]
Nonagenarian Merce Cunningham still wows the crowd in Brooklyn with his latest show, Nearly Ninety.
An Advocate.com exclusive posted April 20, 2009
George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham are the two greatest choreographers of the 20th century — yet polar opposites in method, style, and relation to music. But Cunningham is still alive and making new dances in the 21st [...]