down said jennifer gardens and shows the legend of most cunning m. lives on. merce cunningham radically changed our format down one of the first things he did was to create works that were devoid of plot so there were no more character than one story and he was interested in looking at dance and movements for movement sake. his radical approach made him a natural heir to. the defining force of the bow house stage workshop. centered on the theme of figures in space his work turned dumbasses into costumed geometrical shapes exploring the idea of the human body as a mechanical object. triadic ballet which premiered in one nine hundred