Cunningham has been questioned multiple times if he has a structure behind his dances...
Using chance is something that Merce believed made his dances more organic and human orientated. Many viewers who have watched performances by Cunningham think that he gave his dancers a coin to toss before they went on stage and used that to improvise there performances. However, this is not the case. Cunningham still has a structure and likes to hold order like many other choreographers did, he just finds that when using chance in the choreographing process he can put movement in order without thinking into it. This allows the movement to flow into its own master piece and relays a different message all the time. Cunningham enjoys choreographing his movement to that of which a pedestrian could understand. Many question if there is any story behind his pieces and most of the time there isn't. Using chance allows the audience to build their own stories to play out in their minds and also helps create the pieces own drama.
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