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BAMtalk [videorecording] : the works of Merce Cunningham.

Title
BAMtalk [videorecording] : the works of Merce Cunningham.
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  • Brown, Carolyn, 1927-
  • Cunningham, Merce,
  • Kuhn, Laura Diane.
  • Melillo, Joseph V.
  • Schiphorst, Thecla.
  • Vaughan, David, 1924-
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodiscs (NTSC) (88 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Panel discussions.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Oct. 18, 2003.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2117
Title
BAMtalk [videorecording] : the works of Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Speakers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Laura Kuhn, Thecla Schiphorst, David Vaughan. Moderator: Joseph V. Melillo.
Event
Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Oct. 18, 2003.
Summary
This panel discussion is structured around Merce Cunningham's statement of four key discoveries that influenced his career: the independence of music and dance, chance operations, film and video, and computer software for developing choreography. Cunningham speaks about the four discoveries and shares reminiscences of past performances at BAM. Laura Kuhn discusses John Cage's influence as music director of the Cunningham company, and controversy over the use of rock music in the piece Split sides. Carolyn Brown addresses the use of chance operations and how they differ from improvisation. David Vaughan speaks about Cunningham's collaborations with filmmakers Charles Atlas and Elliot Caplan, and shows a clip from the dance film Locale. Thecla Schiphorst speaks about the development of Life Forms software and Cunningham's use of it, and shows a clip from a news report including interviews with Cunningham, dancers Alan Good and Emma Diamond, and critic Joan Acocella. The program ends with a question-and-answer session.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Subject
Computers -- Dance applications.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- Speaker
Kuhn, Laura Diane. Speaker
Schiphorst, Thecla. Speaker
Vaughan, David, 1924- Speaker
Melillo, Joseph V. Moderator
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2117
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