Merce Cunningham Dance Company
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Merce Cunningham Dance Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8895363 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Context triple: [Merce Cunningham, founded, Merce Cunningham Dance Company]
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A.
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing Martha Graham’s revolutionary movement technique and emotionally expressive choreography.
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B.
Denishawn
Denishawn was an influential early 20th-century American modern dance company and school that helped shape modern dance through innovative choreography and training.
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C.
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
The Katherine Dunham Dance Company was a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for integrating African and Caribbean dance forms with contemporary choreography and for advancing Black representation in the performing arts.
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D.
The Philadelphia Dance Company
The Philadelphia Dance Company, commonly known as Philadanco, is a renowned professional modern dance company based in Philadelphia, celebrated for its innovative choreography and commitment to African American dance traditions.
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E.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is one of the world’s leading ballet companies, renowned for its extensive repertoire of neoclassical works and its influential role in American dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Target entity description: Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
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A.
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing Martha Graham’s revolutionary movement technique and emotionally expressive choreography.
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B.
Denishawn
Denishawn was an influential early 20th-century American modern dance company and school that helped shape modern dance through innovative choreography and training.
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C.
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
The Katherine Dunham Dance Company was a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for integrating African and Caribbean dance forms with contemporary choreography and for advancing Black representation in the performing arts.
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D.
The Philadelphia Dance Company
The Philadelphia Dance Company, commonly known as Philadanco, is a renowned professional modern dance company based in Philadelphia, celebrated for its innovative choreography and commitment to African American dance traditions.
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E.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is one of the world’s leading ballet companies, renowned for its extensive repertoire of neoclassical works and its influential role in American dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance company
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modern dance company ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Merce Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| coFounder | John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Andy Warhol
NERFINISHED
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Brian Eno NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruce Nauman NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ David Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernesto Neto NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Stella NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Mumma NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasper Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Radiohead NERFINISHED ⓘ Rei Kawakubo NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Rauschenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Lichtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigur Rós NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | 2011 ⓘ |
| founded | 1953 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Merce Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary dance
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modern dance ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Antic Meet
NERFINISHED
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Biped NERFINISHED ⓘ Nearly Ninety NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ RainForest NERFINISHED ⓘ Roaratorio NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Hand NERFINISHED ⓘ Split Sides NERFINISHED ⓘ Suite for Five NERFINISHED ⓘ Summerspace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary choreography worldwide
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postmodern dance ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Cage
NERFINISHED
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Merce Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American modern dance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborations with contemporary artists
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experimental use of music ⓘ independent relationship between dance and music ⓘ innovative choreography ⓘ use of chance procedures ⓘ use of computer technology in choreography ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Merce Cunningham Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touringActivity | international touring company ⓘ |
| usedTool |
DanceForms
NERFINISHED
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LifeForms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Description of subject: Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.