American Masters Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (Season 16, Episode 6)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Masters

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (Season 16, Episode 6)

TV-14

TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A nice summary of the work of Merce Cunningham, with beautiful clips from old and new dances and an explanation of the way in which he has and continues to revolutionize dance.

Director

Charles Atlas

Producers

Sylvie Blum | Bob Lockyer (as Bob Lockyear) | Isabelle Mestre

Editors

Gaëtan Le Martelot | Stephanie Mele | Daniel Ricard

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 16, 2001

Release date

Dec 16, 2001 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Acocella Self - Dance Critic Self - Dance Critic See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Richard Alston Self - Dancer and Choreographer Self - Dancer and Choreographer See fewer	Alston in Overdrive (2003)
Mikhail Baryshnikov Self - Dancer Self - Dancer See fewer	The Turning Point (1977)
David Behrman Self - Composer and Musician Self - Composer and Musician See fewer	Satyricon (1969)
Carolyn Brown Self - Dancer for Cunningham Company Self - Dancer for Cunningham Company See fewer	Hair (1979)
Earle Brown Self - Composer Self - Composer See fewer	Hallelujah, Leslie! (1969)
Gavin Bryars Self - Composer and Musician Self - Composer and Musician See fewer	The Taste of Others (2000)
John Cage Self Self See fewer	Shutter Island (2010)
Remy Charlip Self - Dancer with Cunningham Company Self - Dancer with Cunningham Company See fewer	Great Performances: Dance in America (1976)
Merce Cunningham Self Self See fewer	Variations V (1966)
Peg Cunningham Self - Merce's Sister-in-Law Self - Merce's Sister-in-Law See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Jane Dudley Self - Dancer with Martha Graham Self - Dancer with Martha Graham See fewer	The Patricia Bowman Show (1951)
Shelley Eshkar Self - Digital Artist Self - Digital Artist See fewer	Pedestrian (2002)
Joanna Gewertz Harris Actor Actor See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Joyce Holden Self - School Friend Self - School Friend See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Margaret Jenkins Self - Assistant to Cunningham Self - Assistant to Cunningham See fewer	Artists in Exile: A Story of Modern Dance in San Francisco (2000)
Deborah Jowitt Self - Dance Critic Self - Dance Critic See fewer	Dances for an iPhone (2010)
Paul Kaiser Self - Digital Artist Self - Digital Artist See fewer	Symphony of the Soil (2012)
Takehisa Kosugi Self - Cunningham Company Musical Self - Cunningham Company Musical See fewer	Flux Concert (1979)
Laura Diane Kuhn Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Lew Lloyd Self - Cunningham Company Administrator (archive footage) Self - Cunningham Company Administrator (archive footage) See fewer	Nothin' Goes Right (1988)
Loretta Mears Self - Cunningham's Chiropractor Self - Cunningham's Chiropractor See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Meredith Monk Self - Composer and Musician Self - Composer and Musician See fewer	The Big Lebowski (1998)
Gordon Mumma Self - Composer and Musician Self - Composer and Musician See fewer	Variations V (1966)
Benedicte Pesle Self - Cunningham's European Representative Self - Cunningham's European Representative See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Robert Rauschenberg Self - Artist Self - Artist See fewer	Linoleum (1966)
Daniel Roberts Self - Dancer and Apprentice for Understudy Group Self - Dancer and Apprentice for Understudy Group See fewer	Smosh (2005)
Gus Solomons Jr. Self - Dancer with Cunningham Company Self - Dancer with Cunningham Company See fewer	Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Sally Sommer Self - Dance Historian Self - Dance Historian See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
David Vaughan Self - Cunningham Archivist and Biographer Self - Cunningham Archivist and Biographer See fewer	American Masters (1985)

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