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Merce Cunningham [and M.C. Richards] talk to senior citizens

Title
Merce Cunningham [and M.C. Richards] talk to senior citizens [videorecording].
Publication
1994.

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Additional Authors
Cunningham, Merce.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (93 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This disc contains unedited excerpts from an interview with Merce Cunningham focusing on Black Mountain College, where Cunningham taught periodically beginning in 1948. Only Cunningham's comments are excerpted on the disc. He discusses recollections of fellow staff and students, including Josef Albers, Charles Olson, and Willem De Kooning; a theatrical performance created by John Cage and known as the first "happening;" Cunningham's first collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg; and the communal atmosphere and schooling system of the college.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at North Berkeley Senior Center, Berkeley, Calif., on May 3, 1994.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-496
OCLC
144727607
Title
Merce Cunningham [and M.C. Richards] talk to senior citizens [videorecording].
Imprint
1994.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Event
Videotaped at North Berkeley Senior Center, Berkeley, Calif., on May 3, 1994.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-496
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