- Additional Authors
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (54 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, side a: Begins abruptly; unidentified interviewer explains, through her translator, her studies and reasons for the interview, especially her interest in chance operations as well as the influences of Marcel Duchamp and the I-Ching [Yi jing] on John Cage's compositions; David Vaughan tells the story about how Christian Wolff gave Cage a copy of the I-Ching while Cage was working on his Music of changes (1951); Vaughan speaks briefly about the ways Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki, and Marcel Duchamp influenced Cage; briefly, the exchange of ideas between Cage and Merce Cunningham, including Cunningham's use of chance methods in choreography; ways that Cage's composition process differs from Cunningham's choreographic process and how these differences translate in performance of the respective material; Vaughan mentions how Cage is tired from his travels in the recent year; he responds to a question about how the [Merce Cunningham Dance Company] dancers memorize the choreography, including a mention of Cunningham's choreographic notes and a description of the computer program [LifeForms software] that Cunningham uses for choreography; Vaughan speaks about how the dancers' performances are not improvised as Cunningham uses chance methods primarily in the choreographic process; he speaks briefly about Duchamp's idea that the work of art is completed by the spectator as this relates to Cage's and Cunningham's works; Cunningham as a performer and the virtuosity of his dancers; the practical decisions that Cunningham makes when choreographing, especially in relation to his group of dancers; the interviewer speaks about the influence of Cunningham on French choreographers; Vaughan responds and mentions early criticisms of Cunningham; he speaks about the Judson Dance Theater's use of Cage's compositional ideas, especially improvisation; ends abruptly.
- Streaming file 2, side b: Begins abruptly; they speak about French choreographers; the interviewer asks about a quote from Merce Cunningham about dance technique; Vaughan speaks briefly about the videos on the Cunningham technique; they speak about several unnamed articles [which they are presumably viewing]; interview concludes.
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- David Vaughan is interviewed by an unidentified French speaking interviewer and translator on the occasion of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at the Festival d'Automne à Paris.
- Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on audition and handwritten note on original cassette and container.
- Handwritten notes on original cassette and container: "Entretien avec David Vaughan (Merce Cunningham) ; Sept. 91 ; Festival d'Automne".
- Sound quality is fair; there is significant background noise and the recording volume is low throughout.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Language (note)
- The interviewer asks questions in French which are translated into English and responded to in English and French by the interviewee.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1470
- OCLC
- 933596330
- Author
Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewee.
- Title
Entretien avec David Vaughan : Festival d'Automne à Paris, 1991-09.
- Production
September [?], 1991.
- Playing Time
004623 000737
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in, Paris, France, 1991 September [?].
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (54 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1470.
- Language
The interviewer asks questions in French which are translated into English and responded to in English and French by the interviewee.
- 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; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Translated Title
Meeting with David Vaughan : at the Festival d'Automne à Paris, eng
- Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1470