Merce Cunningham

1919-04-16 – 2009-07-26 (age 90) Centralia, Washington, USA

Biography

Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years.

Known For

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984

as Self

Nova '78

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Cunningham

2019

as Archival Footage

All Star Video

1985

as Self (archive footage)

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

1990

as Self

Sistine Chapel

1993

as Self

Appalachian Spring

1944

as The Preacher

Assemblage

1968

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979

as Self

John Cage

1966

Merce by Merce by Paik

1978

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

2001

as Self

🎦

Night Wandering

1964

as Dancer

🎦

Exchange

Variations V

1966

as Self

Merce Cunningham

1962

as Self

Antic Meet

1964

as Dancer

Points in Space

1987

as Self

498 Third Avenue

1968

as Self