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Jacob's Pillow post performance talk with Merce Cunningham

Title
  1. Jacob's Pillow post performance talk with Merce Cunningham [videorecording].
Published by
  1. 1997.

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Additional authors
  1. Cunningham, Merce.
  2. Carbonneau, Suzanne.
  3. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (31 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Merce Cunningham answers questions from moderator Suzanne Carbonneau and from the audience after a performance by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Cunningham discusses the structures of his dances, in particular Rondo; variables and complexity in his choreography; how the dancers in his company keep track of timing without reference to music; his use of chance operations; the method of his collaborations with composers and visual artists; his use of computer software in creating choreography; dealing with creative "block"; and how dancers enter his company.
Series statement
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subject
  1. Cunningham, Merce > Rondo
  2. Choreographers > Interviews
  3. Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
  4. Video
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-309
Note
  1. Title from original container.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 3, 1997.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
  1. Jacob's Pillow post performance talk with Merce Cunningham [videorecording].
Imprint
  1. 1997.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
  1. Speaker: Merce Cunningham. Moderator: Suzanne Carbonneau.
Event
  1. Videotaped in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 3, 1997.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added author
  1. Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
  2. Carbonneau, Suzanne. Interviewer
  3. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-309
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