Merce Cunningham in 1973, photo by Steven Mark Needham

The revolutionary choreographer Merce Cunningham died on Sunday night, July 26, at the age of ninety.  He performed with his company until he was seventy, and continued choreographing until three months ago, when the company performed Nearly Ninety at Brooklyn Academy of Music in honor of Merce’s ninetieth birthday.  He was truly a pioneer and endless experimenter, revolutionizing how dance is created and how we view it…