Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Merce Cunningham across 7 places, from 1919 to 2009.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Merce 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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Merce Cunningham is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Merce Cunningham was documented, and when
1919year
Centralia, Washingtonattested“Merce Cunningham was born in Centralia, Washington, in 1919, the second of three sons.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1937 to 1939period
Seattleattested“He attended the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, headed by Nellie Cornish, from 1937 to 1939 to study acting, but found drama's reliance on text and miming too limiting and concrete.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1939year
New York Cityattested“In 1939, Cunningham moved to New York City and danced as a soloist in the Martha Graham Dance Company for six years.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1939year
New Yorkattested“In 1939, Cunningham moved to New York City and danced as a soloist in the Martha Graham Dance Company for six years.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1971 to 2012period
Westbeth Artists Communityattested“From 1971 until its dissolution in 2012, the company was based in the Westbeth Artists Community in the West Village; for a time Cunningham himself lived a block away at 107 Bank Street, with John Cage.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1971 to 2012period
West Villageattested“From 1971 until its dissolution in 2012, the company was based in the Westbeth Artists Community in the West Village; for a time Cunningham himself lived a block away at 107 Bank Street, with John Cage.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
April 2009month
Brooklyn Academy of Musicattested“He presented his last work, a new work, Nearly Ninety, in April 2009, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, to mark his 90th birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
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Other places tied to Merce Cunningham in the record
In each of these, a source puts Merce Cunningham and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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April 1944month
New Yorkmentioned“He presented his first solo concert in New York in April 1944 with composer John Cage, who became his lifelong romantic partner and frequent collaborator until Cage's death in 1992.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1999year
Fundació Antoni Tàpiesmentioned“A major exhibition about Cunningham and his collaborations, curated by Germano Celant, was first seen at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona in 1999, and subsequently at the Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal, 1999; the Museum Mo…”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
1999year
Barcelonamentioned“A major exhibition about Cunningham and his collaborations, curated by Germano Celant, was first seen at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona in 1999, and subsequently at the Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal, 1999; the Museum Mo…”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
20 July 1999exact date
New York State Theatermentioned“On July 20, 1999, Merce Cunningham and Mikhail Baryshnikov performed together at the New York State Theater for Cunningham's 80th birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
20 July 1999exact date
New Yorkmentioned“On July 20, 1999, Merce Cunningham and Mikhail Baryshnikov performed together at the New York State Theater for Cunningham's 80th birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
2007year
Dartmouth Collegementioned“In 2007, MCDC premiered XOVER, Cunningham's final collaboration with Rauschenberg, at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
13 October 2007exact date
New Yorkmentioned“The major exhibition Invention: Merce Cunningham & Collaborators at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts closed on October 13, 2007.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
13 October 2007exact date
New York Public Librarymentioned“The major exhibition Invention: Merce Cunningham & Collaborators at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts closed on October 13, 2007.”source: Wikipedia: Merce Cunningham
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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