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Interview [with] Tere O'Connor

Title
Interview [with] Tere O'Connor [videorecording] / by Linda Shapiro.
Author
O'Connor, Tere.
Publication
2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Shapiro, Linda.
  • Jerome Foundation.
  • General Mills Foundation.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (101 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Tere O'Connor describes how language and literature in the broadest sense of genre, content, and form have influenced and affected his choreography. Specific works he discusses are Learning sentences, The world is a missing girl, Hi everybody!, Choke, Winter belly, Lawn, and Four sister dances. O'Connor reflects on how his choreographic process and the development of text has been influenced by literature with specific reference to the writers, Eugène Ionesco, Ian McEwan, Edward P. Jones, Toni Morrison and Annie Proulx. He discusses his choreographic works in the context of dance writers and critics, including perceptions regarding modern dance choreography. Finally, Linda Shapiro reads selections from O'Connor's writings, and O'Connor responds.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Linda Shapiro.
Subject
  • O'Connor, Tere
  • Murphy, Ann
  • Smith, Roberta, 1947-
  • Acocella, Joan Ross
  • Rethorst, Susan
  • Tere O'Connor Dance
  • Choreography > Study and teaching
  • Modern dance
  • Dance critics
  • Dance criticism > United States
  • Homosexuality in dance
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • There is a 4 second gap at 57 min. 30 sec. for tape change.
Funding (note)
  • This interview was made possible in part by funds from the Jerome Foundation Travel and Grant Program, with funds from the General Mills Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1561
OCLC
NYPY06-F35
Author
O'Connor, Tere. Interviewee
Title
Interview [with] Tere O'Connor [videorecording] / by Linda Shapiro.
Imprint
2004.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD.
Funding
This interview was made possible in part by funds from the Jerome Foundation Travel and Grant Program, with funds from the General Mills Foundation.
Added Author
Shapiro, Linda. Interviewer
Jerome Foundation.
General Mills Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1561
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