Merce Cunningham

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choreographer contemporary dance choreographer dancer human modern dancer

Merce Cunningham was a pioneering American choreographer whose experimental, chance-based approach to movement and collaborations with leading avant-garde artists reshaped modern dance in the 20th century.

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Merce Cunningham canonical 10
Merce Cunningham performs STILLNESS 1

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instanceOf choreographer ⓘ
contemporary dance choreographer ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
human ⓘ
modern dancer ⓘ
awardReceived Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
collaboratedWith Brian Eno ⓘ
David Tudor ⓘ
Jasper Johns ⓘ
John Cage ⓘ
Nam June Paik ⓘ
Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-04-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2009-07-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornish College of the Arts ⓘ
surface form: Cornish School of the Arts
employer Martha Graham Dance Company ⓘ
Merce Cunningham Dance Company ⓘ
familyName Cunningham ⓘ
fieldOfWork choreography ⓘ
dance ⓘ
founded Merce Cunningham Dance Company ⓘ
fullName Mercier Philip Cunningham ⓘ
genre contemporary dance ⓘ
experimental dance ⓘ
givenName Mercier ⓘ
influenced Judson Dance Theater ⓘ
Twyla Tharp ⓘ
surface form: Lucinda Childs

Trisha Brown ⓘ
Yvonne Rainer ⓘ
postmodern dance ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Martha Graham Dance Company ⓘ
movement modern dance ⓘ
postmodern dance ⓘ
notableFor reshaping modern dance in the 20th century ⓘ
notableIdea chance-based choreography ⓘ
independence of music and dance ⓘ
notableWork Antic Meet ⓘ
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occupation choreographer ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
partner John Cage ⓘ
placeOfBirth Centralia, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Centralia, Washington, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
usedMethod chance procedures ⓘ
indeterminacy ⓘ

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Robert Rauschenberg → influencedBy → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Robert Rauschenberg → collaboratedWith → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Jasper Johns → collaboratedWith → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
John Cage → influenced → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
John Cage → partner → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
John Cage → collaboratedWith → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Cunningham → hasNotableBearer → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Black Mountain College → hadFaculty → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
White Oak Dance Project → collaboratedWith → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Angelin Preljocaj → studiedUnder → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Tacita Dean → notableWork → Merce Cunningham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merce Cunningham performs STILLNESS