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Laura Kuhn talks with Nancy Dalva, a writer well known in dance circles who has long resided in New York City. Nancy has had an almost lifelong relationship with the work of Mere Cunningham, and in 2012, three years after the choreographer’s death, she was appointed the Merce Cunningham Trust’s Scholar in Residence. Nancy produced and wrote the scripts for the web series “Mondays With Merce,” and also produced the videos in the “Mondays with Merce” Film Library, all of which are available on the Trust’s YouTube channel. Nancy’s work with the Merce Cunningham Trust also involves her in assisting scholars, researchers, dancers, and students, and she engages quite happily in the many associations, possibilities, and adventures Cunningham’s work still presents. Her current project has her knee deep in the beautiful footage captured at Cunningham’s Dia:Beacon Events, which took place in 2007-2009. These Events were part of the larger Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Hudson Valley Project, which took place in partnership with Dia Art Foundation, Bard College, and the John Cage Trust.