- American modern
dancer and choreographer, leader of the avant-garde in American dance.
Born in Centralia, Washington, Cunningham met avant-garde composer
John Cage in a dance class in Seattle, Washington, in
1938, and the two artists formed a long association. From 1939 to
1945 Cunningham was a soloist for the company of American choreographer
Martha Graham. In 1953 he established his own company. In his
“choreography by chance” technique, selected motions are
randomly given a sequence. In 1974 Cunningham began performing what
he called events, excerpts from various dances, often performed simultaneously.
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