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A celebration of Merce Cunningham [videorecording] : a forum

Title
A celebration of Merce Cunningham [videorecording] : a forum / presented by Buzz Dance Theatre.
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Clark, Rita.
  • Hassall, Nanette.
  • Kuhn, Laura Diane.
  • Potter, Michelle, 1944-
  • Sykes, Jill.
  • Vaughan, David, 1924-
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (PAL) (56 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Panel discussions.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at Buzz Dance Theatre, Perth, Australia, on Feb. 4, 2001.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1385
Title
A celebration of Merce Cunningham [videorecording] : a forum / presented by Buzz Dance Theatre.
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
Australia.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Moderator: Michelle Potter. Panelists: David Vaughan, Jill Sykes, Rita Clark, Laura Kuhn, Nanette Hassall, Jonah Bokaer.
Event
Videotaped at Buzz Dance Theatre, Perth, Australia, on Feb. 4, 2001.
Summary
Each member of the panel, including moderator Michelle Potter, gives a brief talk on how Merce Cunningham influenced them personally. Potter speaks about Cunningham's collaborations with composers and artists, and his innovative use of space. Laura Kuhn, director of the John Cage Trust, discusses Cunningham's relationship with Cage. David Vaughan, archivisit of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, speaks about his association with Cunningham. Journalists Jill Sykes and Rita Clark discuss reactions to the Cunningham company's first appearance in Australia in 1976, and personal reactions to seeing the company for the first time. Nanette Hassall discusses her time as a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and how it influenced her later work as a teacher. The recording ends abruptly, and does not include comments by Jonah Bokaer.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Potter, Michelle, 1944- Speaker
Vaughan, David, 1924- Speaker
Sykes, Jill. Speaker
Clark, Rita. Speaker
Kuhn, Laura Diane. Speaker
Hassall, Nanette. Speaker
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1385
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