RUGs Unraveled: Cunningham’s Apprentice Group Dissolves

As the Merce Cunningham Dance Company enters its final month of existence, its Repertory Understudy Group has given its last performances. “Known as the RUGs, its four dancers were never quite a second company. The group, formalized in 1990, served as an apprentice program for the Cunningham company, with whose members its four dancers shared studios and took class.”