- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (15 min) : sound, color
- Summary
- Judy Fishman, chairman of the board of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation makes opening remarks and explains why Cunningham himself is not present, but supports this plan for his artistic legacy going forward. She then introduces Trevor Carlson, MCDF executive director, who gives a prepared speech discussing the considerations to be made and questions to be answered while creating the Legacy Tour and the Living Legacy Plan, as well as the actions to be taken moving forward, especially regarding final performances and the dissolution of the company. This is followed by the Cunningham dancers and the student dancers (RUGs) joining Carlson at the podium, with dancer Daniel Madoff giving a statement on behalf of the dancers (9:40). Alan Sperling, chair of the Living Legacy Committee, then speaks briefly about the impetus behind the establishment of the Merce Cunningham Trust and the legacy committee (10:55).
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Note
- Title provided by cataloger, based on writing on original DVD.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- System Details (note)
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 6755
- OCLC
- 969973532
- Title
Cunningham Living Legacy Plan and Legacy Tour Press Conference, 2009-06-09
- Production
June 9, 2009.
- 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 2009, June 9. New York City.
- System Details
Streaming video.
- Original Version
Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site 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:
- Added Author
Carlson, Trevor, speaker.
Fishman, Judy, speaker.
Madoff, Daniel, speaker.
Sperling, Alan, speaker.
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 6755