# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merce-cunningham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:27:32.639Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/merce-cunningham"
name: "Merce Cunningham"
slug: "merce-cunningham"
description: "Merce Philip Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years. He frequently collaborated with artists of other disciplines, including musicians John Cage, David Tudor, Brian Eno, and graphic artists Robert Rauschenberg, Bruce Nauman, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns; and fashion designer Rei Kawakubo. Works that he produced with these artists had a profound impact on avant-garde art beyond the world of dance."
tagline: "American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)"
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deathDate: "2009-07-26"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump