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          Birch, who trained with choreographer Merce Cunningham as a young dancer, spent several years as a soloist with modern-dance pioneer Martha..

          Cunningham took her to Martha Graham and the School of American Ballet, and Birch wound up dancing for Graham "on and off" for two decades.

        1. Cunningham took her to Martha Graham and the School of American Ballet, and Birch wound up dancing for Graham "on and off" for two decades.
        2. Education: Bennington College, B.A.; attended the School of American Ballet; studied professional dance with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham.
        3. Birch, who trained with choreographer Merce Cunningham as a young dancer, spent several years as a soloist with modern-dance pioneer Martha.
        4. Patricia Birch began dancing in her youth.
        5. List of Cunningham Dancers.

          6. Patricia Birch

          American dancer, choreographer and film director (born 1934)

          Patricia Ann Birch (born October 16, 1934) is an American dancer, choreographer, film director, and theatre director.

          Early life

          Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Birch began her career as a dancer in Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Goldilocks, and West Side Story (playing Anybodys). She has directed and choreographed music videos for Cyndi Lauper, The Rolling Stones, and Carly Simon.

          She earned Emmy Awards for her direction of the television specials Natalie Cole: Unforgettable and Celebrating Gershwin and, in collaboration with Michael Tilson Thomas, she staged the concert version of On the Town performed by both the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony.

          Inside the cab, choreographer Patricia Birch, energy momentarily leashed, shifted impatiently.

          She spent six years staging numbers for Saturday Night Live. In the 1960s, she taught dance at the Juilliard School's pre-college division in New York City. She performed as a soloist with Martha Graham a