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Merce Cunningham (1919–2009)

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Life partner of composer and poet John Cage for fifty years, from 1942 until Cage's death in 1992. See more trivia »

Born:

Mercier Philip Cunningham
in Centralia, Washington, USA

Died:

(age 90) in New York City, New York, USA
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Filmography

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1992 Beach Birds for Camera (choreographer)
 
1989 Changing Steps (documentary) (choreographer)
 
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1998 Merce Cunningham (short)
 
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2012 Never Stand Still (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 La mandrágora (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Great Genius and Profound Stupidity (documentary short)
 
2006 Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Art in the Twenty-First Century (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Time (2003) … Himself
 
1989-2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Choreographer
– Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001) … Himself
– John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990) … Himself - Choreographer
– Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint (1989) … Himself
 
1998 Ageless Heroes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Robert Rauschenberg: Man at Work (documentary)
Himself - Choreographer
 
1994 Jonas in the Desert (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Revenge of the Dead Indians (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Cage/Cunningham (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1985 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1983 Sometimes It Works, Sometimes It Doesn't (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Merce Cunningham (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 498 Third Avenue (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 John Cage (documentary)
Himself
 
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2009 La mandrágora (TV series)
 

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Split Sides: Merce Cunningham Dance Company -- Clip: Splitting sides 45 Never Stand Still -- Trailer for Never Stand Still Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin -- Trailer for Breathe Made Visible
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Personal Details

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Considered a pioneer of modern dance, Cunningham was a member of Martha Graham's company (1939-45), and become a choreographer at Graham's own urging.

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Personal Quote:

You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive. See more »

Trivia:

Life partner of composer and poet John Cage for fifty years, from 1942 until Cage's death in 1992. See more »

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