Real name: Carolyn Brown (née Rice)

Carolyn Brown (born September 26, 1927, Fitchburg, Massachusetts) is an American dancer, writer and choreographer. Wife of composer Earle Brown. She studied with Merce Cunningham and became one of the founding members of his company 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.