Research Catalog
Merce Cunningham reads Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that. ; and, Marcel Duchamp reads Creative act; and, Naum Gabo reads Realistic manifesto.
- Title
- Merce Cunningham reads Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that. ; and, Marcel Duchamp reads Creative act; and, Naum Gabo reads Realistic manifesto.
- Publication
- 1952
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (48 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- (0:00-8:40) Merce Cunningham reads his Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that; (ca. 8:41-18:14) Merce Cunningham comments on the impact of working with electronic music as well as the formal aspects of time and space in dance; he speaks about working with time and space in his choreography and as a dancer.
- (18:16-29:53) Marcel Duchamp reads his Creative act.
- (29:56-47:55) Naum Gabo reads his Realistic manifesto.
- Alternative Title
- Creative act.
- Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that.
- Realistic manifesto.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Contains recordings of Merce Cunningham, Marcel Duchamp and Naum Gabo reading their respective writings on creativity and art.
- Title and date provided by cataloger based on audition, handwritten notes on original container, and printing of Dance is an art in space and time in David Vaughan's book, Merce Cunningham: Fifty years (New York, Aperture), pages 66-67.
- Handwritten note on original container: "Cunningham, Side 1 + 2 ; Duchamp "Creative Act" ; Gabo - Pevsner "Realistic Manifesto" ; Excellent".
- Donor's inventory number: R085.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event (note)
- Recording locations are unidentified.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LT-7-A 2393
- OCLC
- 882502343
- Title
- Merce Cunningham reads Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that. ; and, Marcel Duchamp reads Creative act; and, Naum Gabo reads Realistic manifesto.
- Production
- 1952
- Playing Time
- 004755
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audiotape reelonline resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- audio file
- Event
- Recording locations are unidentified.
- Original Version
- Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (48 minutes) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2393.
- Restricted Access
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
- Transferred from original open tape reel by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Source
- Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Cunningham, Merce, speaker.Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, speaker.Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977, speaker.Container of (work): Cunningham, Merce. Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that.Container of (work): Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. Creative act.Container of (work): Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977. Realistic manifesto.Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
- Creative act.Dance is an art in space and time: the object of the dancer is to obliterate that.Realistic manifesto.Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
- *LT-7-A 2393