Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Moses Pendleton [sound recording].

Author

Pendleton, Moses.

Publication

2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Farlow, Lesley.

Description

3 sound cassettes (ca. 165 min.) +

Summary

• Cassette 1, 06/22/04 (ca. 55 min.). Moses Pendleton speaks about the social and political environment in which Pilobolus [Dance Theatre] was born and the atmosphere of life at Dartmouth College during this time; creating a dance with Michael Tracy to fulfill the requirements of Tracy's chemistry class; Pendleton's personal background; growing up in Vermont and training as a competitive skier; his life changing injury; personal relationships and early experiences with dance; encounter groups, sexual freedom and other aspects of the cultural atmosphere of the period; meeting Alison Chase and taking her class at Dartmouth.
• Cassette 2, 06/22/04 and 06/28/04 (ca. 90 min.). Pendleton speaks about the Vermont Natural Theater Company; the beginnings of Pilobolus; classes and people that he sees as key influences including Murray Louis and Alwin Nikolais; his interest in collective work and experience throughout his time at Dartmouth. [Interview session stops and resumes on 6/28/04]. Pendleton discusses his creative sources, particularly in the natural environment; more on the Vermont Natural Theater and the connection between that work and Pilobolus and Momix, the philosophical basis of his creativity; his class with Alison Chase and other classes at Dartmouth that influenced him including Don Cherry's jazz improvisational workshop and a lecture-demonstration by the Nikolais Louis Company; the formation of Pilobolus as a company; the company's early years; Alison Chase and Martha Clarke joining the company and the personal and creative dynamic that resulted; the creation of the work Untitled; the formation of the companies Crowsnest and Momix; more on Pilobolus' development and diverging paths of its founders; the support received by the company from Pierre Cardin.
• Cassette 3, 06/28/04 (ca. 20 min.). Pendleton speaks about his ongoing friendship with, and the influence of, Phillip Holland, Pendleton's French language teacher from Dartmouth; working with the Paris Opera Ballet, his first work for a company other than Pilobolus; other projects that developed around that time; his piece Day too.

Alternative Title

• Dance Oral History Project.
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Pendleton, Moses
• Clarke, Martha
• Pilobolus Dance Theatre
• Day, too (Choreographic work : Pendleton)
• Audiotapes > Pendleton, M
• Nikolais, Alwin
• Chase, Alison
• Group work in art
• Untitled (Choreographic work : Pilobolus Dance Theatre)
• Momix (Company)
• Louis, Murray
• Tracy, Michael, 1952-
• Vermont Natural Theatre Company

Note

• Interview with Moses Pendleton conducted by Lesley Farlow at Pendleton's home in Washington, Conn., on June 22 and 28, 2004.
• For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2436.
• The sound quality of side B of cassette 1 is uneven. A brief portion of the recording documented in the transcript is missing at the start of side B. Additional material may be missing between the abrupt ending on side B and the resumption of the recording on cassette 2.

Access (note)

• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2436

OCLC

NYPY05-R10008

Author

Pendleton, Moses. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Moses Pendleton [sound recording].

Imprint

2004.

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Pendleton, M.

Added Author

Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2436 [sound cassettes]

*MGZMT 3-2436 [transcript]

*MGZTC 3-2436