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Speaking freely interview with Merce Cunningham and John Cage

Title
  1. Speaking freely [videorecording] : interview with Merce Cunningham and John Cage / [presented by] WNBC-TV; produced by Joseph Michaels; directed by Paul Freeman.
Published by
  1. 1974.

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Additional authors
  1. Cunningham, Merce.
  2. Cage, John.
  3. Newman, Edwin.
  4. Michaels, Joe.
  5. Freeman, Paul.
  6. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. In this episode of the television program Speaking freely, Edwin Newman interviews Merce Cunningham and John Cage about their work in dance and music. Subjects discussed include: Cunningham's use of chance operations and indeterminacy in his choreography; Cage's decision to stop acting as music director of the Cunningham company, his attitude towards authority and government, and his musical collaborations; the relationship between music and dance in Cage and Cunningham's collaborations; Cunningham's departure from traditional ballet and modern dance technique; Cage's interest in noise, and his ideas about musical vs. non-musical sound and silence vs. sound; Cage's pieces for prepared piano, his interest in Zen Buddhism, and his composition 4'33", no. 1; Cunningham's use of stillness and non-dance movements in his choreography, and his ideas about the importance of training, practice and technique in dance; Cunningham and Cage's attitude towards audience and public response to their work, their financial dependence on patronage, and their attitudes towards government support for the arts.
Series statement
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subject
  1. Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
  2. Cage, John > Interviews
  3. Artistic collaboration
  4. Arts > Experimental methods
  5. Choreographers > United States > Interviews
  6. Composers > United States > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Television.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-461
Note
  1. The picture quality is very poor. There are three gaps in the sound, lasting a few seconds each, at approximately 40 min. into the disc.
Event (note)
  1. Telecast by WNBC-TV on Oct. 2, 1974.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
  1. Speaking freely [videorecording] : interview with Merce Cunningham and John Cage / [presented by] WNBC-TV; produced by Joseph Michaels; directed by Paul Freeman.
Imprint
  1. 1974.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
  1. Interviewer: Edwin Newman. Interviewees: Merce Cunningham, John Cage.
Event
  1. Telecast by WNBC-TV on Oct. 2, 1974.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added author
  1. Cunningham, Merce. Interviewee
  2. Cage, John. Interviewee
  3. Newman, Edwin. Interviewer
  4. Michaels, Joe. Producer
  5. Freeman, Paul. Director
  6. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-461
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