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Interview with Alan Good

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 2	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-2121 [sound cassette] reel 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 1	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-2121 reel 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Additional Authors

Finkel, Anita.

Description

2 sound cassettes (91 min.)

Summary

Cassette 1. Mr. Good remembers high school; his first dance experiences and training; becoming serious about dance at the American Dance Festival and then at SUNY Purchase; receiving a scholarship at the Merce Cunningham Studio and then being invited to join the company; influential teachers including Maggie Black; his own view of his strengths as a dancer; his interest in partnering; performance quality; important roles; dancing for the camera; various Merce Cunningham dances including Rainforest, Shards, Pictures, Exchange; performing Cunningham's roles; Good's own choreography; teaching and coaching.
Cassette 2. (1 min. only). Ms. Finkel asks Mr. Good about his response to the sound scores Merce Cunningham favors in his dances. Tape cuts off suddenly.

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.

Subject

Note

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2121

OCLC

NYPY98-R11

Author

Good, Alan. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Alan Good [sound recording]

Imprint

[198-?]

Local Note

Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2121 (1 cassette only).

Local Subject

Phonotapes -- Good, A.

Added Author

Finkel, Anita. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2121