Merce Cunningham and Judson Church Artist

Born

Apr 16, 1919

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Philip Lionel Corner, name sometimes given as Phil Corner) is an American composer, trombonist, alphornist, vocalist, pianist, music theorist, music educator, and visual artist, born

Apr 10, 1933

Yvonne Rainer, is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, born

Nov 24, 1934

Malcolm Goldstein, is an American-Canadian composer, violinist and improviser, born

Mar 27, 1936

Trisha Brown, born

Nov 25, 1936

Cornish School of Fine Arts

Jan 1, 1937

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soloist in the Martha Graham Dance Company

Jan 1, 1939

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El Penitente

Jan 1, 1939

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Lucinda Childs, American postmodern, born

Jan 1, 1940

Meredith Jane Monk, is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer, born

Nov 20, 1942

'Appalachian Spring' and 'Root of an Unfocus'

Jan 1, 1944

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Presented first solo show

Jan 1, 1944

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John Cage and Cunningham presented a program of six solos

Apr 15, 1944

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‘Mysterious Adventure’

Jan 1, 1945

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‘The Seasons’

Jan 1, 1945

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Formed the Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Jan 1, 1953

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Taught at Martha Nishitani's studio in the Seattle's University District

Jul 6, 1957

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Trisha Brown, participated in an experimental workshop devoted to improvisation at the studio of Anna Halprin

Jan 1, 1960

Monk appeared at the Actor's Playhouse

Dec 1, 1961

Judson Church became the home for dance that differed from conventional performances

Jan 1, 1962

Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer, Brown moved to New York to study composition with Robert Dunn, who taught a class at Merce Cunningham's studio

Jan 1, 1962

Rainer approached the Reverend Al Carmines with dancers

Jan 1, 1962

‘Gold Medal for Choreographic Invention’

Jan 1, 1966

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Performance at the Seattle Center Playhouse, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Feb 7, 1966

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‘Belgrade International Theater Festival Award’

Jan 1, 1972

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Seattle's Bumbershoot festival

Sep 1, 1973

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Named one of 20 featured "Creative Thinkers" in a major exhibit at the Pacific Science Center

Apr 1, 1983

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Inducted as an Honorary Member into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

Jan 1, 1984

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Kennedy Center Honoree, Washington DC

Jan 1, 1985

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MacArthur Fellowship

Jan 1, 1985

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Awarded the Kennedy Center Honors and a MacArthur Fellowship

Jan 1, 1985

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British Laurence Olivier Award

Jan 1, 1985

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Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur, France

Jan 1, 1989

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National Medal of Arts, Washington DC

Jan 1, 1990

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National Medal of Arts

Feb 13, 1990

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Inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York

Jan 1, 1993

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Inducted into the ‘National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame’ in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Jan 1, 1993

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Honored with the Nellie Cornish Arts Achievement Award

Jan 1, 1996

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Seattle residency funded by the University of Washington World Dance Series

Apr 22, 1996

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Cunningham's company premiered Installations, with music by Trimpin and a video installation by Elliot Caplan, at Meany Hall

May 2, 1996

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Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Lifetime Achievement

Jan 1, 1999

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‘The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize’ and named a ‘Living Legend’

Jan 1, 2000

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Became an Officier of the Légion d'Honneur, France

Jan 1, 2004

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Praemium Imperiale, Tokyo

Jan 1, 2005

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Japan’s Praemium Imperiale

Jan 1, 2005

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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Cornish School of Fine Arts

Jan 1, 2006

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Merce Cunningham Dance Company website began offering "Mondays With Merce,"

Jan 1, 2009

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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Awar

Jan 1, 2009

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Merce Cunningham's 90th birthday, his company premiered his latest work, "Nearly Ninety," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Apr 16, 2009

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