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Interview with Viola Farber.
- Title
- Interview with Viola Farber.
- Author
- Farber, Viola.
- Publication
- 1991-1992.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Thom, Rose Anne.
- Description
- 1 transcript (208 leaves)
- Summary
- Ms. Farber discusses her early dance training; Black Mountain College; Katherine Litz; moving to New York; classes with Merce Cunningham; dancing in Cunningham's first company; the first "happening" at Black Mountain College; the Cunningham company's first tour to the West Coast and other tours; Cunningham's and John Cage's responses to negative criticism; the 1964 Europe and Asia tour; leaving the Cunningham company; the evolution of her own company; her survival jobs in New York; Margaret Craske and her White Street studio, her company, and her Bleecker Street studio; her own company in France; the Centre national de danse contemporaine in Angers; teaching and choreographing in London; the English Youth Dance Company; Paul Taylor; Margaret Craske and Meher Baba; her own spiritual experiences; her choreographic process; various of her works; Alvin Lucier; Beverly Emmons; her dance Poor Eddie; Jeff Slayton; her company, performances, and residencies; working on her own body; choreographing for television; Cunningham's Rune; going to the American Dance Festival with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; performing at American University; Steve Paxton; the American Dance Festival; choreographing and teaching in Minneapolis and Korea; her philosophy of teaching; and choreography.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Poor Eddie (Choreographic work : Farber)
- Slayton, Jeff
- Happenings (Art)
- Lucier, Alvin
- Viola Farber Dance Company
- Rune (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Craske, Margaret
- Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)
- Cage, John
- Paxton, Steve
- Centre national de danse contemporaine (Angers, France)
- Cunningham, Merce
- Dance company tours
- Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018
- American Dance Festival
- Note
- Interviewed by Rose Ann Thom in New York City on May 29, Nov. 18 and 25, 1991, and March 18, 20, and 24, 1992.
- Interview available in transcript version only.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-1839
- OCLC
- NYPY96-R4
- Author
- Farber, Viola. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Viola Farber.
- Imprint
- 1991-1992.
- Local Note
- Archival transcript in: *MGZMTO 3-1839.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Dance company tours.
- Added Author
- Thom, Rose Anne. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-1839