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Born January 5, 1931 • Texas
Died December 1, 1989 (aged 58) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1988)

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Merce Cunningham
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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
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Bill T. Jones
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Arthur Mitchell
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Doris Humphrey
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Michael Flatley
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