Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Greatness

Merce Cunningham, renowned, respected, and revered choreographer passed away last night, Sunday July 26th 2009, in his sleep at the age of ninety. Cunningham, who dared to take dance to the extreme through experimentation with music and art as interdisciplinary aspects of the movement, is often considered the father of contemporary dance. He was one of the first to take dance out of the narrative and make dance just for the pure dynamic expression of movement through space.