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David Vaughan lectures [on Merce Cunningham]

Title
David Vaughan lectures [on Merce Cunningham] [videorecording].
Publication
1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Vaughan, David, 1924-
  • Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
David Vaughan, archivist for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, lectures on the career and choreographic works of Merce Cunningham. Vaughan discusses Cunningham's early dance training with Mrs. Maude Barrett; Cunningham's studies at the Cornish School and first meeting with composer John Cage; Cunningham's years as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company and his first original choreographic works; Cunningham's interest in the writings of James Joyce; The seasons, created for Ballet Society; the influence of contemporary abstract expressionist painting on Cunningham's ideas about space and composition; the influence of Zen Buddhism on Cunningham's work and his use of chance procedures; the 1962 work Collage; Cunningham's experience teaching at Black Mountain College; the beginnings of the Cunningham Dance Company, and early works created for the company; the company's world tour in 1964 and increasing recognition from the public and dance establishment; the work Variations V; the development of Cunningham's Events; Cunningham's collaborations with artists including Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns; Cunningham's choreography for the camera. The lecture includes video clips of choreographic works; however these segments do not appear on this recording.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Addresses.
Note
  • As a result of damage to the original tape, the picture is unstable; the audio track is unaffected.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Kitchen Center, New York City, on Apr. 1, 1982.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1437
OCLC
NYPG06-F1027
Title
David Vaughan lectures [on Merce Cunningham] [videorecording].
Imprint
1982.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Event
Videotaped at the Kitchen Center, New York City, on Apr. 1, 1982.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Vaughan, David, 1924- Speaker
Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1437
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