November 21, 2016 at 8:54 PM EST
Dear Mr. B,
I’ve just come home from an event of much love at the Kitchen, part of the rollout of Douglas [Crimp]’s superb memoir [Before Pictures]. Three exemplary interlocutors from three different dance worlds: Adrian Danchig-Waring (New York City Ballet/Balanchine), Silas Riener (Merce Cunningham), and Yvonne Rainer (Yvonne Rainer).
A little asymmetrical, I suppose, since Rainer got to play herself, though everyone did a very good job representing.
Rainer, at the end, was trying to respond to a question from the audience, and failing a bit. She said her mind