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Interview with Patrick Scully

Title
Interview with Patrick Scully [sound recording]
Author
Scully, Patrick.
Publication
1993.

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reel 6AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1827 [sound cassette] reel 6Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 5AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1827 [sound cassette] reel 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 4AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1827 [sound cassette] reel 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 3AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1827 [sound cassette] reel 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 2AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1827 [sound cassette] reel 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 1AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1827 [sound cassette] reel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Ingber, Judith Brin.
Description
6 sound cassettes (335 min.) +
Summary
  • Cassette 1. Recorded March 9, 1993. Mr. Scully discusses his family; first dance class at the University of Minnesota; going to Germany for his junior year; first teaching experiences; improvisation; contact improvisation; forming Contactworks; early choreography; leaving Contactworks; working at Macalester College; taking class with Maria Cheng.
  • Cassette 2. Continuation of discussion of Contactworks; a contract dispute that he had with Mangrove (Company); working with Erika Thorne and Susan DeLattre; moving to Washington, D.C.; difficulties getting reviewed in the local press; dancing with Pola Nirenska; going to New York; working with Remy Charlip; returning to Minnesota; working with inner city children at public and Catholic schools; the beginnings of what would become Patrick's Cabaret.
  • Cassette 3. Discussion of the Cabaret continued; receiving a grant to produce work relating to being HIV positive; other grants; his work and identity as a gay artist and teacher; returning to Germany; AIDS issues in Berlin; performing in Germany.
  • Cassette 4. Recorded on March 18, 1993. Recording difficult to hear which caused some lapses in transcription. Mr. Scully discusses his work, including Too soon lost and Queer thinking; nudity in performance; homophobia; his decision to publicly announce his HIV status; health insurance.
  • Cassette 5. Recorded on April 1, 1993. Discusses staying healthy; the relationship between HIV and AIDS; multiculturalism; Queer thinking and other pieces, including Losers, Warsaw and Personal goodbye; nudity; dance criticism; cultural identity and community as a gay man.
  • Cassette 6. Side A only. Mr. Scully discusses his development as a writer; modeling for art classes; Christianity and homosexuality.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  • Thorne, Erika
  • Delattre, Susan, 1938-
  • Zaporah, Ruth, 1936-
  • Nirenska, Pola
  • Charlip, Remy
  • Cheng, Maria
  • Contactworks (Dance company)
  • Mangrove (Company)
  • Improvisation in dance
  • Contact improvisation
  • Health insurance
  • Homosexuality and dance
  • AIDS (Disease)
  • Dance critics
Note
  • Interviewed by Judith Brin Ingber at Mr. Scully's home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1827
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-1827
OCLC
NYPY94-R2
Author
Scully, Patrick. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Patrick Scully [sound recording]
Imprint
1993.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Ingber, Judith Brin. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-1827
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