Cunningham was one of the lions of modern dance. He turned his back on the Graham/Balanchine legacy, and—along with Jerome Robbins and Paul Taylor—helped mold dance into a major contemporary art form.

Installation view of Merce Cunningham: For Camera on the High Line (image by the author for Hyperallergic) In Locale (1980), a thirty-minute film collaboration between Charles Atlas and the Merce ...

Today’s sad sad sad news came early: the unspeakably moving modern dance choreographer Merce Cunningham passed away last night, at age 90. There is a Portland connection here: Cunningham’s company was ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham, credited by many with revolutionizing visual and performing arts, has died at age 90, his foundation and dance company said on ...

As part of The River To River Festival, the dance community's leading lights will celebrate the extraordinary life of Merce Cunningham in a free outdoor performance on July 26th in New York, the city ...

At the intermission of White Bird’s latest production, Merce Cunningham at 100, tears began falling out of my eyes. And at first, it was hard to pinpoint what was happening or why. Why did “Beach ...

Merce Cunningham (1973) / Don McDonagh -- Twenty years of Merce Cunningham's dance (1982) / Richard Kostelanetz -- Grace and clarity (1944) / John Cage -- Early reviews -- Space, time and dance (1952) ...

Merce Cunningham, who died on July 26, 2009, at the age of 90, was one of the giants of American dance: a prolific avant-garde choreographer, a commanding performer and, toward the end of his life, a ...

Do not e-mail Merce Cunningham. Yes, he's an "avant" in the avant-garde who has famously embraced technology, including state-of-the-art choreographic software. But the rest of the G4 laptop he ...

Baryshnikov Arts will continue its 20th Anniversary year with IN CONVERSATION WITH MERCE: New Arrangements, a program of four dances with choreography by Merce Cunningham, one on film and three ...

Merce Cunningham was hip before his time. The choreographer’s spectacular collaborations with off-the-mainstream-grid musicians and artists such as John Cage, Bruce Nauman, and Sonic Youth, broke all ...