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Looking at dance Merce Cunningham speaks to the American Dance Festival community.
- Title
- Looking at dance [videorecording] : Merce Cunningham speaks to the American Dance Festival community.
- Publication
- 1998.
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- Found In
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (64 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Merce Cunningham and David Vaughan answer questions from the audience at the American Dance Festival. Vaughan comments on the present state of dance education and Cunningham discusses his ideas about learning dance. Cunningham and Vaughan both speak about dance writer Edwin Denby's influence. Cunningham discusses his use of Life Forms computer software; his recollections of Black Mountain College; his commitment to innovation in choreography; audience interpretations of his work, including Winterbranch; his ideas about dance on camera; time and structure in his choreography; practicing Yoga; and his recollections of his first dance teacher, Mrs. Maude Barrett. The recording ends abruptly.
- Series Statement
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the American Dance Festival, Durham, N.C., on July 18, 1998.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-311
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F11321
- Title
- Looking at dance [videorecording] : Merce Cunningham speaks to the American Dance Festival community.
- Imprint
- 1998.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Performer
- Speakers: Merce Cunningham, David Vaughan.
- Event
- Videotaped at the American Dance Festival, Durham, N.C., on July 18, 1998.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Added Author
- Cunningham, Merce.Vaughan, David, 1924-American Dance Festival.
- Found In:
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-311