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Wexner Prize lunch honoring Merce Cunningham.

Title
Wexner Prize lunch [videorecording] : honoring Merce Cunningham.
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Gee, E. Gordon (Elwood Gordon), 1944-
  • Wexner, Leslie H., 1937-
  • Caplan, Elliot.
  • Wexner Center for the Arts.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Merce Cunningham accepts the second annual Wexner Prize in a lunchtime ceremony. The event includes speeches by Ohio State University president Gordon Gee and Wexner Center founder Leslie Wexner, and audio excerpts from Elliot Caplan's feature documentary Cage/Cunningham. After the presentation of the award, Cunningham delivers a speech in which he discusses his collaboration with John Cage; dancing with Carolyn Brown; touring in the early days of the Cunningham company; his interest in movement; and the creation of Roaratorio.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Award presentations.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from original container.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in May 2005.
Biography (note)
  • The Wexner Prize, first awarded in 1992, is presented annually to a major contemporary artist in any artistic field who has been consistently original, influential, and challenging to convention. In 1993 the prize was awarded to Merce Cunningham and posthumously to John Cage, who died on Aug. 12, 1992.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-485
OCLC
NYPG05-F11248
Title
Wexner Prize lunch [videorecording] : honoring Merce Cunningham.
Imprint
1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Speakers: Gordon Gee, Leslie Wexner, Merce Cunningham.
Event
Videotaped at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in May 2005.
Biography
The Wexner Prize, first awarded in 1992, is presented annually to a major contemporary artist in any artistic field who has been consistently original, influential, and challenging to convention. In 1993 the prize was awarded to Merce Cunningham and posthumously to John Cage, who died on Aug. 12, 1992.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Gee, E. Gordon (Elwood Gordon), 1944- Speaker
Wexner, Leslie H., 1937- Speaker
Caplan, Elliot. Director
Wexner Center for the Arts.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-485
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