- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (64 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, Side a: Unidentified speaker introduces Merce Cunningham and the panel; Delfín Colomé speaks, ca. 4:40-5:26, ends abruptly; Gloria Moure speaks, ca. 5:27-13:29; Colomé speaks and introduces Cesc Gelabert, ca. 13:43-22:48; Gelabert speaks, ca. 22:49-29:07; Colomé introduces Roger Salas, ca. 29:18-30:38; Salas speaks, ca. 30:39-32:18, ends abruptly.
- Streaming file 2, Side b: Begins abruptly, Roger Salas continues to speak about Merce Cunningham, ca. 0:09-4:27; [recording silence, ca. 4:28-5:15]; unidentified speaker comments on Merce by Merce by Paik, ca. 5:16-5:35; [recording silence, ca. 5:36-6:58]; unidentified speaker, ca. 6:59-7:24; Colomé speaks, ca. 7:31-7:50; Merce Cunningham speaks, ca. 7:55-21:39, about how he believes that movements have their own meanings; they way he collaborates with composers and how this relates to his interest in [artistic] discovery; Cunningham's similar collaborations with set designers, including an anecdote on working with Jasper Johns, who drew his inspiration from Marcel Duchamp's The large glass, for Cunningham's Walkaround time (1968); Cunningham speaks about the CRWDSPCR (1993) premiere at American Dance Festival, and working with composer John King and set designer Mark Lancaster; the practical considerations for sets and music that his touring [Merce Cunningham] Dance Company requires; Cunningham speaks about the multiple points of view that his work invites; he speaks about the human ubiquity of walking and how people have unique walks in relation to his movement explorations; his interest in discipline and liberty as co-existing in dancing; his core belief in curiosity, inquiry and discovery; question on Fluxus movement and Cunningham's answer, ca. 21:52-22:23; Colomé concludes the panel, ca. 22:24-24:05; [recording ends, ca. 24:16].
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Speeches.
- Note
- A panel of speeches about Merce Cunningham, as well as a speech given by Cunningham; part of the summer courses at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain.
- Title provided by cataloger based on audition and handwritten notes on original container and cassette.
- Handwritten note on original cassette: "Encuentro con Merce Cunningham [Encounter with Merce Cunningham]". Handwritten note on original container: "Encuentro con Merce Cunningham ; Cursos de Verano [summer courses] - Universidad Complutense el Escorial. 27 Julio 1993 ; Intervienen [speakers]: Gloria Moure, Delfín Colomé (moderator), Cesc Gelabert, Roger Salas, Merce Cunningham".
- Sound quality is mostly good; at times Cunningham speaks some distance from the microphone and is difficult to hear.
- Donor's inventory number: C376.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Language (note)
- Speeches are given in Spanish with the exceptions of Merce Cunningham's speech, and an unidentified speaker's question, in English.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1199
- OCLC
- 902650790
- Title
Encuentro con Merce Cunningham : panel at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1993-07-27.
- Production
July 27, 1993.
- Playing Time
003218 003124
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1993 July 27.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (64 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1199.
- Language
Speeches are given in Spanish with the exceptions of Merce Cunningham's speech, and an unidentified speaker's question, in English.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: C376a, and, C376b.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Colomé, Delfín, speaker.
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Gelabert, Cesc, speaker.
Moure, Gloria, speaker.
Salas, Roger, speaker.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, host institution.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1199