- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian
- Description
- 1 streaming file (approximately 24 min.) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 24 minutes). [Introductory remarks by Marian Horosko, host of the WBAI, New York radio program Profiles, including identification of the location as the restaurant, The Russian Tea Room.] Merce Cunningham speaks with Horosko about his work including the fact that almost all of his dances are set and devised and are not improvisations; his views on whether dance can be abstract; his collaborations with Robert Rauschenberg and John Cage as arising out of his interest in contemporary music and contemporary art and stage design; other composers whose music he has used; his transition from performing as a soloist with Martha Graham's company to having his own company [Merce Cunningham Dance Company]; his thoughts on the changing contemporary dance scene in the United States; his reluctance to apply [rigid] categories to dance types; his focus on the use of movement of whatever kind and on how contemporary art of all kinds reflects the world around us; the company's upcoming tours. [Interview with Cunningham ends at approximately 12:25; Horosko introduces the next guest, artist Raphael Soyer.] Raphael Soyer speaks with Horosko about his art, including how he characterizes himself: "a representational artist of our time"; his reason for disliking the word "modern" when describing art; reason he likes to paint pictures of people; his views of various museums (mainly in New York City) in particular, the new modern art museum at 59th Street and Columbus Circle [Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art, in the building now housing the Museum of Arts and Design]. [Interview with Raphael Soyer ends at approximately 20:47. Horosko introduces Martin Gordon, the director of the Galerie des Nus,] Martin Gordon speaks with Horosko about the Galerie des Nus, the current exhibition, and his reasons for establishing the gallery in Greenwich Village.
- Uniform Title
- World of dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Interview with Raphael Soyer
- Interview with Martin Gordon
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Oral histories.
- Interviews.
- Note
- Interviews with Merce Cunningham, Raphael Soyer, and Martin Gordon, conducted by Marion Horosko as host for radio station WBAI, New York, on its series, Profiles, on May 17, 1964, at the Russian Tea Room in New York, N.Y.
- As of April 2023, the audio recording of this interview can be made available at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts by advanced request to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, dance@nypl.org.
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by mild "tape hiss," and Raphael Soyer's voice is soft. But the speakers' voices are always clearly intelligible.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-2435
- OCLC
- 1377498879
- Author
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
- Title
Interviews with Merce Cunningham, Raphael Soyer, and Martin Gordon, 1964.
- Imprint
1964.
- Playing Time
002400
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for radio station WBAI, New York, on its series Profiles May 17, 1964 New York (N.Y.).
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 24 minutes); 7 in. reel; acetate.
- Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
- Added Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Interview with Raphael Soyer
Interview with Martin Gordon
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2435