when a great choreographer dies, does their work die with them?

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"Interestingly, the people least bothered about the idea of legacy seem to be the choreographers themselves. Martha Graham, who died in 1991, asserted that she wanted her work to disappear with her. Cunningham serenely insisted he didn't "care about the future" – his concern was "now". Morris, who has now arguably taken on the mantle of America's greatest living choreographer, has claimed it doesn't make him "sad when dances die"."
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