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[Merce] Cunningham [interviewed] by Nancy Dalva.

Title
  1. [Merce] Cunningham [interviewed] by Nancy Dalva.
Published by
  1. 2005.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Cunningham, Merce
  2. Dalva, Nancy
  3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (95 min) : sound, color
Summary
  1. Nancy Dalva interviews Merce Cunningham. Topics discussed include: Beach Birds; the nature of titles; Ocean; the idea of location and place within Cunningham's choreography; seeing dance from the perspectives of dancer and spectator; the notion of chance; using chance operations and the I-Ching; rhythmic phrasing; Cunningham's artistic comadery with Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, John Cage and the Black Mountain School; the influence of scientific thought and discovery on Cunningham's choreography; Roaratorio. In closing, Cunningham discusses plans of filming Ocean and the inherent challenges of documenting a work in the round.
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Subject
  1. Cunningham, Merce > Roaratorio
  2. Cunningham, Merce > Ocean
  3. Cunningham, Merce > Beach birds
  4. Nonfiction films
  5. Interviews
  6. Video
  7. Choreography
  8. Arts > Experimental methods
  9. Artistic collaboration
  10. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  11. Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Nonfiction films.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 3743
Note
  1. Title taken from original container label.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
System details (note)
  1. Streaming video.
Source (note)
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Title
  1. [Merce] Cunningham [interviewed] by Nancy Dalva.
Production
  1. 2005.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Event
  1. Recorded 2005 February 9 New York, NY.
System details
  1. Streaming video.
Original version
  1. Original format: 1 videocassette (MiniDV).
Access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Source
  1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
  2. Dalva, Nancy, interviewer.
  3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 3743
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