Research Catalog

Title

Lecture given for Dance modernism lecture series, Walker Art Center, lecture no. 7 of 8 [sound recording]

Author

Siegel, Marcia B.

Publication

1980.

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Details

Additional Authors

Walker Art Center.

Description

2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.)

Summary

• Cassette 11, side A (ca. 45 min.). Marcia Siegel introduces her subject, post-modern dance; speaks about the emergence of a new generation of choreographers including Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, and Alwin Nikolais, that rebelled against the ideas of the previous generation; Cunningham's central role in post-modern dance; shows and speaks about slides intended to illustrate the abstract nature of Cunningham's work, including a work by Pablo Picasso, Cunningham's work Nocturnes; paintings by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, and Cunningham's work Walkaround time; speaks extensively about Cunningham's theory of dance, including his view of dance as a complete entity in itself and his emphasis on spontaneity; John Cage's work and its influence on Cunningham's work; Cunningham's use of everyday movement; shows and speaks about slides illustrating the influence of Cunningham's ideas, including on the ballet dancer John Ware (?), Kenneth King and on Laura Dean, and on Paul Taylor's work Three epitaphs; shows and speaks about a film of Taylor's work Junction [ends abruptly].
• Cassette 11, side B (ca. 45 min.). Continues with Siegel showing and commenting on the film of Taylor's work Junction; shows and comments on slides intended to illustrate staged events called happenings, and related works, including the Smiling workmen by Jim Dine, Yvonne Rainer's happening Flagshow, and David Gordon's work Chair dance; speaks about experimentation at Judson [Memorial] Church; shows and speaks about slides of a painting by Robert Motherwell, Cunningham's works Canfield, Tread, Rebus, and Torse, Twyla Tharp's work After'suite, Trisha Brown's works Water motor and Locus, Sara Rudner in her own work [title not stated], Wendy Perron's work The daily mirror, Douglas Dunn's work Lazy Madge [gaps increase in length and frequency; following long gap, it appears that Siegel shows and comments on a (silent?) film by Sally Banes of Rainer's work Trio A]; shows and comments on slides intended to illustrate the incorporation of the ordinary in an art work, including a box by the sculptor Louise Nevelson, a circle dance by Deborah Hay, (a work by) Simone Forti, Brown's work Leaning duet, an outdoor work by Marilyn Wood, and Andrew De Groat's piece Angie's waltz and other dances [ends abruptly].
• Casstte 12, side A (ca. 30 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Siegel shows and comment on slides of a work by Anna Halprin and Twyla Tharp's work Dancing in the streets (as performed in New York City); speaks about and shows slides intended to illustrate minimalism, including paintings by Ad Reinhardt, Josef Albers, and Mark Rothko, Douglas Dunn's work 101, a Richard Serra sculpture, Brown's work Sticks (?), a painting by Frank Stella, diagrams of the dancers' floor patterns in Lucinda Child's works Radial courses and Transverse exchanges (?), and Laura Dean's work Song; speaks about and show slides intended to illustrate artists' interest in media, including a work by Joan Jonas (title not given) and Rainer's work Film (?); shows and speaks about a film of ? used in ? Rainer's work, This is the story of a woman who; shows slides of and comments on Kei Takei's work Light, Part 15, Robert Wilson's work Einstein on the beach, and Meredith Monk's work Vessel; shows and comments on film of Monk's work 16 millimeter earrings [ends abruptly].

Donor/Sponsor

• Gift of Marcia B. Siegel.
• New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
• Oral History Archive.

Alternative Title

• Meaning of modernism.
• Dance modernism lecture series.

Subjects

• Cunningham, Merce
• Rainer, Yvonne, 1934-
• Motion pictures > Trio A
• Junction (Choreographic work : Taylor)
• This is the story of a woman who... (Choreographic work : Rainer)
• Motion pictures > Junction
• Trio A (Choreographic work : Rainer)
• Audiotapes > Siegel, M
• Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018

Note

• Lecture by Marcia B. Siegel at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 17, 1980; recording is of the seventh lecture in a program of eight, entitled Dance modernism, given by Siegel as part of the Meaning of modernism lecture series held at the Walker Art Center. Siegel made frequent use of slides and films to illustrate her lecture.
• Cassette 11 is marred by frequent short gaps; the gaps increase in frequency and duration on side B, to the extent that the coherency of the lecture is significantly affected.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2277

OCLC

NYPY04-R26

Author

Siegel, Marcia B. Speaker

Title

Lecture given for Dance modernism lecture series, Walker Art Center, lecture no. 7 of 8 [sound recording]

Imprint

1980.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2277 nos. 12-13

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2277 nos. 17-19

Local Subject

Motion pictures. Trio A.

Motion pictures. Junction.

Audiotapes -- Siegel, M.

Added Author

Walker Art Center.

Added Title

Meaning of modernism.

Dance modernism lecture series.

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2277