Merce Cunningham Dies At 90
If this were a just world, the media would stop obsessing about Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and concentrate focus where it should be: the death yesterday of Merce Cunningham. Merce was not just the world’s leading modern-dance figure; he was one of the world’s most distinguished and continually innovative figures in the arts. The NY Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay is a Merce expert, and has posted an obituary and appreciation here.
