CONTENTS: Program begins approx. 3 min. into tape. Session 2: Paper presentations and discussion. Moderator: Marcia B. Siegel. Nicole Plett: Restaging the Bauhaus: experimental traditions at Black Mountain College, 1936-1938 (approx. 25 min.). Discussion of the achievements of Xanti (Alexander) Schawinsky, a former member of the Bauhaus theater workshop, who initiated the experimental tradition at Black Mountain. Includes background on the Bauhaus, particularly the theatrical works of Oskar Schlemmer and Kurt Schmidt. -- Rhythm McCarthy: Dance at Black Mountain College, 1941-1952: Elsa Kahl, Elizabeth Jennerjahn, and Katherine Litz (approx. 20 min.). Discussion of the contributions of three dance faculty members. -- Allegra Fuller Snyder: A young dancer's view of Merce Cunningham - 1948 and after (approx. 28 min.). A reminiscence of Snyder's father, Buckminster Fuller, and his interactions with Cunningham, Cage, and others at Black Mountain College, and Snyder's own youthful observations of Cunningham's dancing.
Call number
*MGZIDF 5390
Note
Part of an eight-cassette documentation of a symposium held at Russell Sage College, Troy, New York, from October 9-10, 1993. Sponsored by Russell Sage College and the Dance Critics Association. Cassette 8 was recorded on October 10, 1993.
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Title
Black Mountain College and Merce Cunningham in the fifties: New perspectives [electronic resource]
Imprint
1993.
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