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David Vaughan lectures [on Merce Cunningham]
- Title
- David Vaughan lectures [on Merce Cunningham] [videorecording].
- Publication
- 1982.
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- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- David Vaughan, archivist for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, lectures on the career and choreographic works of Merce Cunningham. Vaughan discusses Cunningham's early dance training with Mrs. Maude Barrett; Cunningham's studies at the Cornish School and first meeting with composer John Cage; Cunningham's years as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company and his first original choreographic works; Cunningham's interest in the writings of James Joyce; The seasons, created for Ballet Society; the influence of contemporary abstract expressionist painting on Cunningham's ideas about space and composition; the influence of Zen Buddhism on Cunningham's work and his use of chance procedures; the 1962 work Collage; Cunningham's experience teaching at Black Mountain College; the beginnings of the Cunningham Dance Company, and early works created for the company; the company's world tour in 1964 and increasing recognition from the public and dance establishment; the work Variations V; the development of Cunningham's Events; Cunningham's collaborations with artists including Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns; Cunningham's choreography for the camera. The lecture includes video clips of choreographic works; however these segments do not appear on this recording.
- Series Statement
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Addresses.
- Note
- As a result of damage to the original tape, the picture is unstable; the audio track is unaffected.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Kitchen Center, New York City, on Apr. 1, 1982.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1437
- OCLC
- NYPG06-F1027
- Title
- David Vaughan lectures [on Merce Cunningham] [videorecording].
- Imprint
- 1982.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
- Event
- Videotaped at the Kitchen Center, New York City, on Apr. 1, 1982.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
- Added Author
- Vaughan, David, 1924- SpeakerKitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
- Found In:
- Merce Cunningham archive.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1437