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Interview with Martha Clarke

Title
Interview with Martha Clarke [videorecording] / interviewer, John Heilpern.
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Clarke, Martha.
  • Heilpern, John.
  • Sapione, James.
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Description
2 videodiscs (NTSC) (99 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Martha Clarke speaks with John Heilpern about "Garden of earthly delights" and why she chose to revisit the material; collaborating with a new generation; her struggle to fund the revival; her thoughts on Hieronymus Bosch's triptych and the challenge of interpreting hell; her time at Juilliard; her work with Linda Hunt; her time with Pilobolus; her collaborations with writers and incorporating text into her work; movement as abstract; her experience with flying and using flying in her work; working with Robert Israel; her experience working with Jane Greenwood; how the dancers enjoyed interpreting hell; the time it takes her to create a new piece; her process of improvisation; Bosch's use of instruments for torture; wanting her company to feel like a family or community; working to raise the money for the revival; being born and raised in Baltimore; her parents and family history; attending the American Dance Festival at age fifteen; skipping her senior year of high school to start attending Juilliard; studying with Martha Graham's mentor, Louis Horst; Antony Tudor as a main inspiration and how every movement means something; her creative process and choreographing; working with language versus working with textless pieces; "Endangered species"; how she is currently studying flamenco dancing; future projects including a production of "MacBeth".
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography and editor, James Sapione.
Event (note)
  • This interview was videotaped at the oral history studio of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York, New York on August 17, 2009.
Funding (note)
  • Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from a MiniDV cassette.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5060
OCLC
444654188
Title
Interview with Martha Clarke [videorecording] / interviewer, John Heilpern.
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from a MiniDV cassette.
Event
This interview was videotaped at the oral history studio of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York, New York on August 17, 2009.
Credits
Director of photography and editor, James Sapione.
Performer
Interviewee, Martha Clarke.
Funding
Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Clarke, Martha. Interviewee
Heilpern, John. Interviewer
Sapione, James. Videographer
Sapione, James. Editor
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-5060
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