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Conversations on the dance: Merce Cunningham and Susan Sontag [sound recording]

Title
Conversations on the dance: Merce Cunningham and Susan Sontag [sound recording]
Publication
1986.

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reel 2AudioRestricted use *MGZTC 3-918 [sound cassette] reel 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 1AudioRestricted use *MGZTC 3-918 [sound cassette] reel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Committee for the Dance Collection.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Description
2 sound cassettes (ca. 70 min.)
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Third of a series of events sponsored by the Committee for the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center.
  • Recorded 3 March 1986 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The Library and Museum for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York City.
Contents
SUMMARY: In response to questions from Susan Sontag, Merce Cunningham discusses his investigation of the possibilities of movement; the nature of classicism in his choreography and technique; his working methods; the "events"; his use of sets and contemporary music; choreographing for the camera. He answers questions from the audience.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-918
OCLC
NYPY867020807-R
Title
Conversations on the dance: Merce Cunningham and Susan Sontag [sound recording]
Imprint
1986.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Sontag, S.
Audiotapes -- Cunningham, M.
Added Author
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
Cunningham, Merce.
Committee for the Dance Collection.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-918
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