Save the Merce Cunningham Studio Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-the-merce-cunningham-studio.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:37 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Irene Hultman [Signature #4150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17957310?utm_medium=rss It is very important for not only the dancers and dance students of New York and the the rest of the world for the studio to remain open, it is also important historically as one of the only places in the contemporary dance world a studio, a home, a creative space has been shared, valued and had such an imprint on the rest of the world - the studio is and will always be the The Cunningham Studio. It is pertinent that we, the dance community, support our own history, no one else will.

]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 08:24:05 UTC 17957310 Mr wilfried mbele [Signature #4149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15593662?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:57:43 UTC 15593662 Matthew Thompson [Signature #4148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14833947?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:00:39 UTC 14833947 Ms. Varda Brahms [Signature #4147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13957102?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:10:04 UTC 13957102 Pr. Didier Coureau [Signature #4146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13092794?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:59:50 UTC 13092794 Esra Aykin [Signature #4145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13092757?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:56:50 UTC 13092757 ms.mary mary allocca [Signature #4144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12155375?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:28:10 UTC 12155375 Laura della Vecchia [Signature #4143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12147669?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Feb 2012 08:54:48 UTC 12147669 Ms maria Francesca Basile [Signature #4142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12147540?utm_medium=rss Im an italian dancer and i cant imagine that.I took classes over there please don't stop now .I'll be in ny in may and wat should I do without my lessons..pleasemlet me know if the studio close or moved at on other place...we have to be strong

]]> Sun, 5 Feb 2012 08:22:02 UTC 12147540 Ms Natasha Kinley [Signature #4141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11751934?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:10:13 UTC 11751934 mr Alan Koppel [Signature #4140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11453712?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:48:12 UTC 11453712 Mr Anonymous [Signature #4139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11233357?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:12:12 UTC 11233357 Veronica O'Leary [Signature #4138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10887620?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:32:37 UTC 10887620 Theo Koppel [Signature #4137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10887491?utm_medium=rss His spirit is still so alive in the the westbeth studio.

]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:58:16 UTC 10887491 Sandrine Fretault [Signature #4136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10832064?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:21:55 UTC 10832064 Mr Nick Blumenfeld [Signature #4135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10705207?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:40:49 UTC 10705207 MS Tamara Pullman [Signature #4134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10451102?utm_medium=rss The legacy of Merce Cunningham and how he helped to shape modern dance, art and culture will only be passed forth to future generations through such an entity as the 'Merce Cuninngham Center'.

]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 11:06:22 UTC 10451102 Lauren M. [Signature #4133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10197486?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Apr 2011 07:03:56 UTC 10197486 Alberto Bohl [Signature #4132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9807677?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:09:04 UTC 9807677 dennis pettigrew [Signature #4131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9649280?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:29:06 UTC 9649280 Ms Anina Van Alstine [Signature #4130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9637939?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:47:07 UTC 9637939 ms ann pettigrew [Signature #4129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9637346?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:01:47 UTC 9637346 Lisa Russo Pettigrew [Signature #4128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9636305?utm_medium=rss This space is an integral part of the Cunningham legacy. PLEASE hear our requests!!

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:08:36 UTC 9636305 Melinda Ring [Signature #4127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9616723?utm_medium=rss Cunningham inspired so many of us working in dance today. It's tragic to imagine his studio not continuing to operate as both an educational center and presenting space.

]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:49:24 UTC 9616723 ms GRAVIER Nyah [Signature #4126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9287051?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:18:42 UTC 9287051 Mr Dominique Mercy [Signature #4125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9193049?utm_medium=rss It is just impossible to imagine that this unique place could not exist anymore....
This would be a terrible loss..!

]]> Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:03:28 UTC 9193049 Erin Pellecchia [Signature #4124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9185493?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:33:37 UTC 9185493 Mr. Kenneth Creighton [Signature #4123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9181928?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:48:18 UTC 9181928 Holly Hobart [Signature #4122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9181920?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:46:37 UTC 9181920 Ms Rossella Salbego [Signature #4121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9169204?utm_medium=rss Save the Merce Cunningham Studio

]]> Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:46:45 UTC 9169204 Paola Cantalupo [Signature #4120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9160872?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:10:03 UTC 9160872 Mr Stef Bloch [Signature #4119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9104675?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:08:45 UTC 9104675 Madelyn Ho [Signature #4118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9098880?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:06:59 UTC 9098880 Mrs Sophie Chédru [Signature #4117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9085179?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:54:42 UTC 9085179 Ms Martine Tridon [Signature #4116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9042685?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Dec 2010 04:32:16 UTC 9042685 Miss Robyn Cabaret [Signature #4115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9027180?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Dec 2010 05:02:11 UTC 9027180 Ms Elisabeth SCHWARTZ [Signature #4114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9012769?utm_medium=rss Merce Cuningham , one of the latest choreographers and philosophers, whose artistic integrity and art of composition remembers me those of johannes Sebastian Bach

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:50:07 UTC 9012769 mr andrew hasenpflug [Signature #4113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9011684?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:12:46 UTC 9011684 Miss Jasmine Middleton [Signature #4112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9008603?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:14:26 UTC 9008603 Mr. Robin Marin [Signature #4111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9003450?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:14:48 UTC 9003450 Rachel Beser [Signature #4110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8994754?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:36:39 UTC 8994754 Nina Alcalay [Signature #4109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8991522?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:50:11 UTC 8991522 Caesar Mendez [Signature #4108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8990788?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:01:17 UTC 8990788 Kate Taylor [Signature #4107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8983987?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:46:31 UTC 8983987 David Velasco [Signature #4106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8973623?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:41:24 UTC 8973623 Ms Brittany Branson [Signature #4105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8967888?utm_medium=rss Cunningham is a technique I am currently studying at Columbia College. Merce Cunningham has influenced the dance world, in my eyes, more then any other dancer in recent history. To close his studio would be a travesty because it would surely lead to the loss of this important technique.

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:45:49 UTC 8967888 Miss Lydia Connery [Signature #4104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8961515?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:15:48 UTC 8961515 mw trouverie julie [Signature #4103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8961473?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:10:12 UTC 8961473 Ms Anonymous [Signature #4102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8954681?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:52:46 UTC 8954681 Ms Judith Mandel [Signature #4101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8953496?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:52:56 UTC 8953496 Jeff Wood [Signature #4100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8951938?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:07:03 UTC 8951938 Mrs. Livier Ayon [Signature #4099] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8951207?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:19:47 UTC 8951207 Tara Ahmadinejad [Signature #4098] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8950314?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:11:47 UTC 8950314 Ms Dorothée Alemany [Signature #4097] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8950295?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:09:33 UTC 8950295 Ms. Michelle Oing [Signature #4096] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949852?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:03:42 UTC 8949852 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #4095] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949370?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:03:07 UTC 8949370 Anika Schwarzwald [Signature #4094] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948541?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:26:57 UTC 8948541 Samuel Frank [Signature #4093] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948534?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:26:14 UTC 8948534 Susan Schwarzwald [Signature #4092] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947759?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:53:35 UTC 8947759 Katie Daniels [Signature #4091] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947435?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:17:17 UTC 8947435 sally gross [Signature #4090] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947138?utm_medium=rss merce cunningham's philosophy,technique, and choreography is as essential as the work og george ballkancine.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:42:38 UTC 8947138 Edisa Weeks [Signature #4089] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947118?utm_medium=rss It is vitally important that the Merce Cunningham technique be continued and taught as it builds strength and both mental and physical agility and is one of the treasures of American Dance. I will be willing to contribute financially to a Merce Cunningham Center.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:40:26 UTC 8947118 Hannah Frank [Signature #4088] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8946845?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:04:42 UTC 8946845 Ms. Carol Muske-Dukes [Signature #4087] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8946841?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:04:33 UTC 8946841 carter frank [Signature #4086] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8946477?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:20:29 UTC 8946477 miss melissa perry [Signature #4085] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8945995?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:17:33 UTC 8945995 Mrs Marianne Handy Hraibi [Signature #4084] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8944379?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:00:40 UTC 8944379 Mr fabrice Maraux [Signature #4083] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8942977?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:38:01 UTC 8942977 Alice Gordon [Signature #4082] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8940000?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:13:31 UTC 8940000 MR MAURICE SANCHEZ [Signature #4081] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8936992?utm_medium=rss the gates should be open to preserve the dance Merce spent this whole life to create.

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:52:38 UTC 8936992 elenor & Tom Kovachevich [Signature #4080] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8936575?utm_medium=rss An American treasure to preserve for future generations.

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:18:26 UTC 8936575 April Gornik [Signature #4079] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8935565?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:55:23 UTC 8935565 Mr Alain Guinvarc'h [Signature #4078] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8935371?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:38:05 UTC 8935371 Sylvain Verstricht [Signature #4077] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8924746?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:21:23 UTC 8924746 Alan Itakura [Signature #4076] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8919138?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:23:14 UTC 8919138 MR REMY THIRION [Signature #4075] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8918086?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:37:12 UTC 8918086 Marjolaine Labelle [Signature #4074] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8917300?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:57:55 UTC 8917300 Chabanne Emeline [Signature #4073] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8916153?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:22:59 UTC 8916153 Mr Benoit Geoffroy [Signature #4072] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8915206?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:47:41 UTC 8915206 Ms Véronique Duclos-OLry [Signature #4071] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8915178?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:44:51 UTC 8915178 Dr Hinz Tania [Signature #4070] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8910267?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:07:28 UTC 8910267 Ms Anonymous [Signature #4069] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8906707?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:36:30 UTC 8906707 Ms Alessia Fiumara [Signature #4068] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8904965?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:28:07 UTC 8904965 Teresa Subtil [Signature #4067] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8902461?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:23:54 UTC 8902461 Maryse Durand [Signature #4066] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8889164?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:22:55 UTC 8889164 Priscilla Newell [Signature #4065] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8888008?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:44:33 UTC 8888008 pierre masse [Signature #4064] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8884206?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:08:50 UTC 8884206 Sylvie Blondeau [Signature #4063] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8884107?utm_medium=rss Merce Cunningham's choregraphy is luminous and deserves to stay alive.
The Studio has been a haven for dancers and budding choregraphers. Keep it going.

]]> Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:48:17 UTC 8884107 Stacy Sumpman [Signature #4062] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8881565?utm_medium=rss As someone who devoted 13 years in NYC studying the Cunningham Technique, dancing in the understudy group and working in the Archives with David Vaughan, I sincerely hope that the Merce Cunningham Center will be established. Merce's ideas about movement are as relevant today as when he started to to explore them with his company over 40 years ago. I currently teach high school students the Cunningham Technique and it would be amazing for them to know they could one day go to Westbeth to study.

]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:53:35 UTC 8881565 directeur Jean-Claude CIAPPARA [Signature #4061] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8874237?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:13:25 UTC 8874237 ms Diane Frank [Signature #4060] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8872945?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:36:41 UTC 8872945 MRS Laura Pellegrino [Signature #4059] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8871737?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:43:43 UTC 8871737 Mr BERNARD DIDIER [Signature #4058] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8870946?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:34:50 UTC 8870946 Ms Belinda Ricklefs [Signature #4057] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8868077?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:20:15 UTC 8868077 leconte florence [Signature #4056] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8860787?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:06:05 UTC 8860787 Mr Alex Kaplan [Signature #4055] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8859648?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Nov 2010 07:06:27 UTC 8859648 JEFF DE LA CHAISE [Signature #4054] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8858984?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:16:05 UTC 8858984 Mr Thierry ERBEJA [Signature #4053] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8858738?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Nov 2010 03:38:54 UTC 8858738 françoise Tresvaux [Signature #4052] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8858721?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Nov 2010 03:36:34 UTC 8858721 Ms camille bonnefoi [Signature #4051] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8858542?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Nov 2010 03:09:40 UTC 8858542