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Interview with Pablo Vela

Title
Interview with Pablo Vela [sound recording].
Author
Vela, Pablo.
Publication
2002.

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transcriptAudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2378 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
cassette 1AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2378 cassette 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
cassette 2AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2378 cassette 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Smithner, Nancy.
Description
2 sound cassettes (ca. 155 min.) +
Summary
  • Cassette 1, 7/03/02 (ca. 85 min.). Mr. Vela discusses his family background, his childhood and racial issues growing up half Mexican in southern Texas; his interest in France and French; his teaching job at Goddard College; his first experiences as a director and the way it transformed his life; studying theater at Yale; returning to Goddard's Theater Department from 1965-1975; meeting Meredith Monk there; his roles in Monk's Vessel, Quarry, and Specimen days; Monk's rehearsal process; working as associate director with Monk in Atlas; auditioning opera singers for that work; more on creative process as well as his time at Goddard; working as associate director on Monk's American archeology; aspects of working on Specimen days and Book of days; creating text for Monk's works; the relationship between text, movement, and singing; discussion throughout about the interplay between freedom and form in Monk's work.
  • Cassette 2, 10/07/02 (ca. 70 min.). Mr. Vela discusses working with both experienced and inexperienced performers; the re-creation of Quarry; stories from touring; his favorite roles with Monk; audience reception of her work; Monk's versatility in respect to her venues and audience; changes in her work over time. Vela describes the workshops that he has been doing for the House Foundation and his teaching in general; the influence of his experiences in the theater on his teaching.
Donor/Sponsor
National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Series Statement
Meredith Monk Oral History Project
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Pablo Vela conducted and recorded by Nancy Smithner at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on July 3, 2002 and Oct. 7, 2002.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2378.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2378
OCLC
NYPY03-R59
Author
Vela, Pablo. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Pablo Vela [sound recording].
Imprint
2002.
Series
Meredith Monk Oral History Project
Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Vela, P.
Added Author
Smithner, Nancy. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2378 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-2378 [Cassettes]
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