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Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's : news report on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster

Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's : news report on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster, 1997-07-09 / reported by Liz Kennedy.
Publication
July 9, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Agnew, Robert
  • Alcorn, Michael
  • Covey, David
  • Culver, Andrew, 1953-
  • Kennedy, Liz
  • Pesle, Bénédicte
  • Rogoff, Gordon, 1931-
  • Turner, Rosie
  • BBC Radio Ulster, broadcaster.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (8 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
Begins abruptly with unidentified male radio announcer speaking about the U.K. premiere of Merce Cunningham's Ocean (1994) at the Belfast Festival at Queen's; Liz Kennedy reports: Bénédicte Pesle comments on the past performance locations of Ocean; David Covey, production manager, comments on planning the performance in relationship to the spatial arrangement of the musicians and audience; Michael Alcorn, of Queen's University, comments on the seating for the musicians; Andrew Culver, composer for a part of the music for Ocean, comments on how he travels to the various production sites; Robert Agnew, festival director, comments on the audience capacity and scale of the performance; Culver describes the spatial arrangement of the performance; Rosie Turner, from Festival marketing, comments on the Northern Ireland Tourist Board sponsorship of the performance; unidentified announcer concludes the segment, ca. 5:49; new segment with Gordon Rogoff, director of the Exiles Theatre Limited, commenting on the current teaching activities of the Exiles Theatre; ends abruptly.
Uniform Title
Evening extra (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Radio news programs.
Note
  • Contains a radio news report on the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's production of Cunningham's Ocean (1994), broadcast on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster; correlating to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at the Belfast Festival at Queen's, November 27-29, 1997.
  • Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original container and audition.
  • Handwritten and typed notes on original container: "BBC Radio Ulster ; Belfast 9 July 1997 ; Merce Cunningham visit to Belfast Festival".
  • Sound quality is good.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1452
OCLC
914478526
Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's : news report on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster, 1997-07-09 / reported by Liz Kennedy.
Publisher
July 9, 1997.
Playing Time
000808
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Broadcast in, Belfast, Ireland, 1997 July 9.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (8 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1452.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Agnew, Robert, commentator.
Alcorn, Michael, commentator.
Covey, David, commentator.
Culver, Andrew, 1953- commentator.
Kennedy, Liz, host.
Pesle, Bénédicte, commentator.
Rogoff, Gordon, 1931- commentator.
Turner, Rosie, commentator.
BBC Radio Ulster, broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Evening extra (Radio program)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1452
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