[1] Timothy F. Murphy, Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies (2000), "Merce Cunningham, whose liaison with composer John Cage ran as an open secret in the dance world, also escaped censure from a more phobic general public by strictly avoiding choreography that demanded supported duets from two men."
Father: Clifford D. Cunningham
Mother: Mayme
Brother: Jack
Boyfriend: John Cage (experimental composer, together 1943-92, d. 1992)
University: George Washington University (one year)
University: Cornish College of the Arts
Administrator: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Black Mountain College (1953-2009)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1954
Guggenheim Fellowship 1959
Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1982
Kennedy Center Honor 1985
MacArthur Fellowship 1985
French Legion of Honor 1989
National Medal of Arts 1990
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Irish Ancestry Paternal
Official Website:
http://www.merce.org/
AKA Mercier Philip Cunningham