Quotes by Merce Cunningham

About Merce Cunningham:

Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham is also notable for his frequent collaborations with artists of other disciplines, including musicians John Cage and David Tudor, artists Robert Rauschenberg and Bruce Nauman. Works that he produced with these artists had a profound impact on avant-garde art beyond the world of dance.
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I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn't particularly interested in doing.

Merce Cunningham

My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day.

Merce Cunningham

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.

Merce Cunningham

Author Bio

  • NameMerce Cunningham
  • DescriptionAmerican dancer
  • BornApril 16, 1919
  • DiedJuly 26, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionDancer; Choreographer
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour; Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; National Medal Of Arts; Praemium Imperiale