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Cunningham, Merce

LC control no.n 83047112
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Personal name headingCunningham, Merce
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Variant(s)Cunningham, Mercier Philip
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
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Biography/History notedancer, choreographer
Birth date1919-04-16
Death date2009-07-26
Place of birthCentralia (Wash.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityDance Choreography
Profession or occupationDancers Choreographers
Found inTime to walk in space, 1968.
Merce Cunningham, c1997: p. 12 (b. Apr. 16, 1919 in Centralia, Wash.; original given names were Mercier Philip)
artsblog in New York Times online, July 27, 2009 (Merce Cunningham; American choreographer; d. July 26, 2009, age 90)
Wikipedia, viewed June 16, 2022 (Cunningham formed Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) at Black Mountain College in 1953)