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Interview with Merce Cunningham [for] French television.

Title
Interview with Merce Cunningham [videorecording] : [for] French television.
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Société nationale télévision française 1.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (13 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This segment, created for French television, begins with footage of classes in the Merce Cunningham dance studios and performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In an interview, Cunningham discusses the company's last visit to France; his interest in movement and space; the separation between dance and music in his work; Takehisa Kosugi's compositions for his ballets; his interest in videodance. Questions and answers are in French.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from original container.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the Cunningham dance studios, Westbeth, New York City, and broadcast on Société nationale télévision française 1, May, 1987.
Language (note)
  • French.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-573
OCLC
NYPG05-F10553
Title
Interview with Merce Cunningham [videorecording] : [for] French television.
Imprint
1987.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Interviewee: Merce Cunningham.
Event
Videotaped in the Cunningham dance studios, Westbeth, New York City, and broadcast on Société nationale télévision française 1, May, 1987.
Language
French.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
Société nationale télévision française 1.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-573
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