{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpillowvoices.org%2Fepisodes%2Fremembering-gus-solomons-jr-prdGZWki","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Remembering Gus Solomons jr","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b82a473d-b738-40af-9de0-88dba07ea7a2/fba3f777-5922-4354-911a-0af37d79f800/pillowvoices_jul15_c_b.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d84e2d10-877f-4b2d-bd27-b7862f073a6b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Remembering Gus Solomons jr\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Jennifer Edwards hosts this episode honoring Gus Solomons jr, the celebrated choreographer, writer, and teacher. As the first Black dancer in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Solomons was both a trailblazer and a trendsetter, forming his own company and making more than 150 works before his death in August 2023 at the age of 84.\n\nIn this episode: Excerpts from Mondays with Merce: Episode 14 Merce as Model (2010). Director/Producer: Nancy Dalva. (c) Merce Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved. "}