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Additional authors

1. Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988.
2. Sears, David, 1948-1992.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (ca. 94 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1, 12/8/82 (ca. 63 min.). Jones and Zane speak about their work-in-progress, Party /remote progress [ultimately entitled Intuitive momentum?]; the set design; the composer Max Roach's collaboration; the work's conceptual and structural framework; significance of the work's title; an earlier work entitled Remote progress; whether there is an avante garde in the contemporary dance world; views on and use of contact improvisation; their parodic use of the ballet vocabulary [short gap]; more on collaborating with Roach; the Dance Umbrella dance festival in the U.K; more on Roach, including his music and his thoughts on Jones' and Zane's work; more on the structure of the work-in-progress; their work Ah! Break it!; more on the work-in-progress, including the theme of cooperation; influence of Robert Wilson's work; Sheryl Sutton; Jones' admiration for modernism and modernists such as Lucinda Childs; autobiographical component of Everybodyworks!; Jones compares Zane's movements to his own [ends abruptly].
2. Disc 2, 12/8/82 and 12/9/82 (ca. 31 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Jones and Zane speak about their works Blauvelt mountain and Valley cottage [parts 2 and 3 of an otherwise unidentified trilogy; interview ends and resumes with Zane by telephone on 12/9/82]; Zane speaks about his use of Roach's music; his use of movements from karate; professional work outside of his work with Jones, especially his photography; his collaborations with Johanna Boyce; his and Jones's athletic background; his and Jones's intent to create their own vocabulary; influence on him of Daniel Nagrin and other avant-gardists.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Archive.
2. Gift of David Sears.
3. National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Subject

1. Audiotapes > Jones, B
2. Jones, Bill T
3. Group work in art
4. Intuitive momentum (Choreographic work : Jones and Zane)
5. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company
6. Roach, Max, 1924-2007
7. Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988
8. Dance > Production and direction
9. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
10. Audiotapes > Zane, A

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-1562

Note

1. Interview with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane conducted by David Sears on Dec. 8 and 9, 1982. The recording conducted on Dec. 8 was at a restaurant, probably in New York City, and contains extraneous noise. The recording made on Dec. 9 was solely with Zane and conducted by telephone.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was made possible in part with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Author

1. Jones, Bill T. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1982.

Funding

1. Preservation was made possible in part with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Local note

1. Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1562 nos. 1-2
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1562 nos. 1-2

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Jones, B.
2. Audiotapes -- Zane, A.

Added author

1. Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988. Interviewee
2. Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-1562