Charlotte Higgins remembers the time she met Merce Cunningham:
At the top of my transcript, which I looked up this morning, I
wrote: "The long erect neck has folded in on itself a little. Eloquent
hands a little clawlike, purple age spots. Bright eyes over big
cushiony semicircular pouches - one drop of moisture edges down over
course of interview." At one point in the interview, I asked how he
felt about not being able to use his body fully. "Oh it's terrible!" he
said, and laughed. "Because I would like to dance."