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Merce Cunningham

1919 - 2009

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Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham (April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merce Cunningham has received more than 950,572 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Merce Cunningham is the 53rd most popular dancer (down from 30th in 2019), the 4,151st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,107th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Merce Cunningham ranks 53 out of 116. Before him are Maria Tallchief, Frederick Ashton, Louise Rasmussen, Antonio Gades, Enrico Cecchetti, and Kurt Jooss. After him are Hilde Holger, Carla Fracci, William Forsythe, Lucile Grahn, Alvin Ailey, and Micheline Bernardini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Merce Cunningham ranks 155. Before him are Ota Šik, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Joan Brossa, Maurice Hilleman, Dan O'Herlihy, and Mariano Martín. After him are Tamara Toumanova, Hermann Bondi, Jüri Järvet, Igor Gouzenko, Oswaldo Guayasamín, and Hans Hermann Groër. Among people deceased in 2009, Merce Cunningham ranks 156. Before him are Jim Carroll, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Allen Klein, Lucian Pulvermacher, and Joan Martí i Alanis. After him are Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Dušan Džamonja, Lyudmila Zykina, Hildegard Behrens, Mike Bongiorno, and Ekaterina Maximova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Merce Cunningham ranks 4,151 out of 20,380. Before him are Nick Cravat (1912), Milt Jackson (1923), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), Thomas Sowell (1930), and Kenny Roberts (1951). After him are Nancy Meyers (1949), Alice Brady (1892), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), William Larned (1872), Frank Carlucci (1930), and Eddie Bracken (1915).

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Among DANCERS In United States

Among dancers born in United States, Merce Cunningham ranks 5. Before him are Isadora Duncan (1877), Josephine Baker (1906), Martha Graham (1894), and Maria Tallchief (1925). After him are William Forsythe (1949), Alvin Ailey (1931), John Neumeier (1939), Doris Humphrey (1895), Adam Darius (1930), Yvonne Rainer (1934), and Katherine Dunham (1909).

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