Research Catalog

Title

[Merce] Cunningham [interviewed] by Nancy Dalva.

Publication

2005.

Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• Dalva, Nancy
• Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.

Found In

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1 streaming video file (95 min) : sound, color

Summary

Nancy Dalva interviews Merce Cunningham. Topics discussed include: Beach Birds; the nature of titles; Ocean; the idea of location and place within Cunningham's choreography; seeing dance from the perspectives of dancer and spectator; the notion of chance; using chance operations and the I-Ching; rhythmic phrasing; Cunningham's artistic comadery with Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, John Cage and the Black Mountain School; the influence of scientific thought and discovery on Cunningham's choreography; Roaratorio. In closing, Cunningham discusses plans of filming Ocean and the inherent challenges of documenting a work in the round.

Alternative Title

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.

Subjects

• Nonfiction films
• Interviews
• Video
• Choreography
• Arts > Experimental methods
• Artistic collaboration
• Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company
• Cunningham, Merce > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Title taken from original container label.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

System Details (note)

• Streaming video.

Source (note)

• Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 3743

OCLC

905922266

Title

[Merce] Cunningham [interviewed] by Nancy Dalva.

Production

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Event

Recorded 2005 February 9 New York, NY.

System Details

Streaming video.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (MiniDV).

Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Source

Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.

Dalva, Nancy, interviewer.

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.

Added Title

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.

Found In:

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 3743