- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (56 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, side a: Host Linda Belans introduces the program and her guests, Merce Cunningham and Mark Dendy; [ca. 1:25] Merce Cunningham speaks with Belans briefly about dancing with Martha Graham; he speaks about John Cage's influence and their first concert together; briefly, time as a structure in choreography; use of the I-Ching [Yi jing] in his choreography; he tells an anecdote about David Tudor and rehearsing Untitled solo (1953) at Black Mountain College; more about using chance operations in his choreography; he speaks about the creative and social climate of Black Mountain College in the late 1940's; learning tap dance from his first dance teacher Mrs. [Maude] Barrett as a child in Centralia, Washington; more about his familiy and childhood; his love of plants and an anecdote on his plant caretaker while he is away on tours; he speaks about the balance of discipline and freedom that he sees as important for professional dancers to develop; using chance operations to determine the facings of dancers in Ocean (1994); ends abruptly.
- Streaming file 2, side b: Merce Cunningham continues to speak with Linda Belans about using the LifeForms computer software in his choreographic process; he speaks about Events and, in particular, the Event to be performed at American Dance Festival; Belans speaks about her admiration for CRWDSPCR (1993); [ca. 3:55, interview ends]; Belans introduces Mark Dendy, his career, and his involvement with the American Dance Festival; Mark Dendy speaks with Belans about his interest in the theater as a space, creating performance in unusual places, and "deconstructing" the theater space; he describes his plans for using the theater space in his new work; [ca. 13:03-17:11, recording of Dendy directing a rehearsal for a challenging technical component to his new work]; Dendy speaks about dancing with the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble [the training company] including an anecdote about a rehearsal with Graham; he speaks about other influences on his work including Pooh Kaye, Ruby Shang, and Jane Comfort; Belans concludes the interview, ca. 20:33; Belans makes an announcement about the 1996 MacArthur Foundation Genius Award and she briefly introduces recipients Eiko and Koma Otake; Eiko Otake speaks with Belans [in a phone interview] about the award; Eiko speaks about plans for the upcoming performance of River; previous performances of River; Belans makes concluding announcements.
- Uniform Title
- Linda Belans show (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Radio interviews
- Music and dance
- Choreography
- Untitled solo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- River (Choreographic work : Eiko and Koma)
- Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)
- Otake, Takashi Koma, > choreographer
- Otake, Eiko, > choreographer
- Graham, Martha, > choreographer
- Dendy, Mark > Interviews
- Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
- Cage, John, > composer
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Host Linda Belans interviews Merce Cunningham, Mark Dendy, and Eiko Otake for broadcast by radio station WUNC FM, on its series the Linda Belans show; on the occasion of the American Dance Festival at Duke University.
- Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on audition, and handwritten and printed note on original cassette.
- Handwritten and printed note on original cassette: "The Linda Belans Show #31 - Dance ; 6-22-96 ; WUNC 91.5 FM ; WUNC Radio, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.".
- Sound quality is mostly good; there is slight distortion throughout the recordings.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1465
- OCLC
- 932895161
- Title
Merce Cunningham, Mark Dendy, and Eiko Otake : on the Linda Belans show (Radio program), WUNC, 1996-06-22.
- Publisher
June 22, 1996.
- Playing Time
002945 002617
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Broadcast on WUNC radio station, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1996 June 22.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (56 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1465.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Belans, Linda, host.
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Dendy, Mark, interviewee.
Otake, Eiko, interviewee.
WUNC (Radio station : Chapel Hill, N.C.), broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Linda Belans show (Radio program)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1465