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Musings with Merce panel discussion

Title
Musings with Merce [videorecording] : panel discussion / presented by the College of Saint Benedict.
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Vaughan, David, 1924-
  • Carlson, Trevor.
  • Cowles, Sage.
  • College of Saint Benedict (Saint Joseph, Minn.)
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodiscs (NTSC) (85 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This panel discussion focuses on Merce Cunningham's creative process. Cunningham speaks about his use of Life Forms computer software; the creation and restaging of Native green; changes in his choreographic style over the years; the absence of narrative in his work; the making of Untitled solo; audience reactions to his work; his teaching and rehearsal schedule; the company's Event performances, particularly the Event in the American Express building lobby; the independence of music and dance in his work, and the composers he has worked with; his collaborations with motion capture technology; his first collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg. The other participants also comment on these topics.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subject
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Music and dance
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Panel discussions.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at the Benedicta Arts Center Forum Theater, College of Saint Benedict, Apr. 25, 2003.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2119
OCLC
124049696
Title
Musings with Merce [videorecording] : panel discussion / presented by the College of Saint Benedict.
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Speakers: Merce Cunningham, Trevor Carlson, Sage Cowles, David Vaughan.
Event
Recorded at the Benedicta Arts Center Forum Theater, College of Saint Benedict, Apr. 25, 2003.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Subject
Computers -- Dance applications.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Vaughan, David, 1924- Speaker
Carlson, Trevor. Speaker
Cowles, Sage. Speaker
College of Saint Benedict (Saint Joseph, Minn.)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2119
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