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Interview with Sally Silvers.

Title
Interview with Sally Silvers. July 15, 2010 [sound recording].
Author
Silvers, Sally.
Publication
2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Kourlas, Gia.
  • National Endowment for the Arts, 2010-2011.
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2010-2011.
Description
2 sound discs (ca. 95 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • Disc 1 (ca. 55 min.). Sally Silvers speaks with Gia Kourlas about the origins of her early choreography; the dance scene she entered into and what her contribution was; her work Swaps ego say so and the issues it raised for her regarding moving through space; other significant early works; experimenting with multi-media; her interest in making smaller scale works; working with John Zorn; sources of inspiration including Jean Luc Godard and Gertrude Stein; Silver's work Pandora's Cake stain and her ideas about traditional versus experimental work and conservative versus radical work as well as the combining of abstract and theatrical elements; her piece HUSHHUSH performed at the Carnival Festival at Dance Theatre Workshop; her changing approach to her own creative process; more on the effect on her of working with Yvonne Rainer.
  • Disc 2 (ca. 40 min.). Sally Silvers speaks with Gia Kourlas about her work Storming heaven, and subsequent smaller projects including her Live Choreography demonstrations; her work Yessified!; her current thoughts on works she would like to create; Yvonne Rainer's Assisted living: good sports 2, and how it feels to be in the role of the dancer rather than choreographer; she reflects on external perceptions of her work and the general environment of the current dance world.
Alternative Title
Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Sally Silvers conducted by Gia Kourlas on July 15, 2010 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City as part of the Oral History Project. This is part two of a two-part Oral History Project interview; the first interview with Sally Silvers was conducted by Robert Greskovic on June 30, 2009.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2710.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2710
OCLC
752139620
Author
Silvers, Sally. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Sally Silvers. July 15, 2010 [sound recording].
Imprint
2010.
Funding
The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Local Note
The first part of this interview is cataloged in the Oral History Archive as Interview with Sally Silvers. June 30, 2009, under the call number *MGZTL 4-2593.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Kourlas, Gia. Interviewer
National Endowment for the Arts, 2010-2011.
New York State Council on the Arts, 2010-2011.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2710
*MGZMT 3-2710
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