 She also studied with Cunningham and became one of the founding members of his company, which was born at Black Mountain College in North Carolina in the summer of 1953.She was the most important female dancer in Cunningham's company for the next twenty years and danced in 40 of his works, often collaborating with Cunningham and John Cage in the creative process.She created a role in Cage's "Theatre Piece" (1960) and on pointe in Robert Rauschenberg's first dance work "Pelican" (1963).