Merce Cunningham.

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Merce Cunningham (born April 16, 1919 in Centralia, Washington, United States) is an American dancer and choreographer.

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$LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: Dancers perform a work by choreographer Merce Cunningham during a press preview of \'The Bride and the Bachelors\' exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery on February 13, 2013 in London, England. The piece makes up a selection of works by artists and choreographers including Marcel Duchamp, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, and runs at the Barbican Art Gallery until June 9, 2013.$

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$LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: A visitor reads notes related to the piece of work by Marcel Duchamp entitled \'Bicycle Wheel\' during a press preview of \'The Bride and the Bachelors\' exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery on February 13, 2013 in London, England. The piece makes up a selection of works by artists and choreographers including Marcel Duchamp, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, and runs at the Barbican Art Gallery until June 9, 2013.$

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$Former Merce Cunningham dancers Brandon Collwes (L) and Emma Desjardins (R) perform a Cunningham dance during a rehearsal October 9, 2012 in New York. The performance is part of \'Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp\', a festival presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 30, 2012 to January 21, 2013. The exhibition will explore Marchel Duchamp\'s American legacy by tracing interactions with four postwar masters: composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham and artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauchenberg.$

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: Dancers perform a work by choreographer Merce Cunningham during a press preview of 'The Bride and the Bachelors' exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery on February 13, 2013 in London, England. The piece makes up a selection of works by artists and choreographers including Marcel Duchamp, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, and runs at the Barbican Art Gallery until June 9, 2013.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: A visitor reads notes related to the piece of work by Marcel Duchamp entitled 'Bicycle Wheel' during a press preview of 'The Bride and the Bachelors' exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery on February 13, 2013 in London, England. The piece makes up a selection of works by artists and choreographers including Marcel Duchamp, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, and runs at the Barbican Art Gallery until June 9, 2013.

Former Merce Cunningham dancers Brandon Collwes (L) and Emma Desjardins (R) perform a Cunningham dance during a rehearsal October 9, 2012 in New York. The performance is part of 'Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp', a festival presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 30, 2012 to January 21, 2013. The exhibition will explore Marchel Duchamp's American legacy by tracing interactions with four postwar masters: composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham and artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauchenberg.

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