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Additional authors

1. Ingber, Judith Brin.

Description

1. 6 sound cassettes (335 min.) +

Summary

1. Cassette 1. Recorded March 9, 1993. Mr. Scully discusses his family; first dance class at the University of Minnesota; going to Germany for his junior year; first teaching experiences; improvisation; contact improvisation; forming Contactworks; early choreography; leaving Contactworks; working at Macalester College; taking class with Maria Cheng.
2. Cassette 2. Continuation of discussion of Contactworks; a contract dispute that he had with Mangrove (Company); working with Erika Thorne and Susan DeLattre; moving to Washington, D.C.; difficulties getting reviewed in the local press; dancing with Pola Nirenska; going to New York; working with Remy Charlip; returning to Minnesota; working with inner city children at public and Catholic schools; the beginnings of what would become Patrick's Cabaret.
3. Cassette 3. Discussion of the Cabaret continued; receiving a grant to produce work relating to being HIV positive; other grants; his work and identity as a gay artist and teacher; returning to Germany; AIDS issues in Berlin; performing in Germany.
4. Cassette 4. Recorded on March 18, 1993. Recording difficult to hear which caused some lapses in transcription. Mr. Scully discusses his work, including Too soon lost and Queer thinking; nudity in performance; homophobia; his decision to publicly announce his HIV status; health insurance.
5. Cassette 5. Recorded on April 1, 1993. Discusses staying healthy; the relationship between HIV and AIDS; multiculturalism; Queer thinking and other pieces, including Losers, Warsaw and Personal goodbye; nudity; dance criticism; cultural identity and community as a gay man.
6. Cassette 6. Side A only. Mr. Scully discusses his development as a writer; modeling for art classes; Christianity and homosexuality.

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.
2. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Charlip, Remy
2. Delattre, Susan, 1938-
3. Dance critics
4. Cheng, Maria
5. Contactworks (Dance company)
6. Health insurance
7. Nirenska, Pola
8. Homosexuality and dance
9. Mangrove (Company)
10. Thorne, Erika
11. Contact improvisation
12. Improvisation in dance
13. Zaporah, Ruth, 1936-
14. AIDS (Disease)

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1827

Note

1. Interviewed by Judith Brin Ingber at Mr. Scully's home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1827

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Author

1. Scully, Patrick. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Patrick Scully [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1993.

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Added author

1. Ingber, Judith Brin. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZMT 3-1827