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Mercier Philip 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. Works that he produced with these artists had a profound impact on avant-garde art beyond the world of dance.

As a choreographer, teacher, and leader of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Cunningham had a profound influence on modern dance. Many dancers who trained with Cunningham formed their own companies. They include Paul Taylor, Remy Charlip, Viola Farber, Charles Moulton, Karole Armitage, Deborah Hay, Robert Kovich, Foofwa d'Imobilité, Kimberly Bartosik, Flo Ankah, Jan Van Dyke, Jonah Bokaer, and Alice Reyes.

In 2009, the Cunningham Dance Foundation announced the Legacy Plan, a plan for the continuation of Cunningham's work and the celebration and preservation of his artistic legacy.

Cunningham earned some of the highest honours bestowed in the arts, including the National Medal of Arts and the MacArthur Fellowship. He also received Japan's Praemium Imperiale and a British Laurence Olivier Award, and was named Officier of the Légion d'honneur in France.

Cunningham's life and artistic vision have been the subject of numerous books, films, and exhibitions, and his works have been presented by groups including the Paris Opéra Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, White Oak Dance Project, and London's Rambert Dance Company.

John Milton Cage Jr. (* 5. September 1912 in Los Angeles; † 12. August 1992 in New York City), meist John Cage genannt, war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Künstler. Mit seinen mehr als 250 Kompositionen, die häufig als Schlüsselwerke der Neuen Musik angesehen werden, gilt er als einer der weltweit einflussreichsten Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Hinzu kommen musik- und kompositionstheoretische Arbeiten von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung. Außerdem gilt Cage als Schlüsselfigur für die Ende der 1950er Jahre entstehende Happeningbewegung und wichtiger Anreger für die Fluxusbewegung und Neue Improvisationsmusik. Neben seinem kompositorischen Schaffen betätigte er sich auch als Maler und befasste sich mit Mykologie, der Wissenschaft von den Pilzen.