Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce.
2. Shankar, Ananda.

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (23 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Ananda Shankar interviews Merce Cunningham on the occasion of the Cunningham company's return from a tour of India. Cunningham speaks about his company's two visits to India; the training given to students at his school; his philosophy of dance; the relationship between music and dance in his work; how dancers perform his choreography. Shankar comments on differences between Indian classical dance and the Cunningham style, and his father Ravi Shankar's visits to the United States. The 15-minute interview is followed by retakes of questions by Shankar.

Series statement

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Subject

1. Dance > India
2. Modern dance
3. Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
4. Video

Genre/Form

1. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-567

Note

1. Note on original container: Dub of interview (unedited).

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in New York City, May 1984.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Title

1. Ananda Shankar interviews Merce Cunningham [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1984.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

1. Interviewer: Ananda Shankar. Interviewee: Merce Cunningham.

Event

1. Videotaped in New York City, May 1984.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
2. Shankar, Ananda. Interviewer

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-567