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Merce Cunningham [and M.C. Richards] talk to senior citizens

Title
  1. Merce Cunningham [and M.C. Richards] talk to senior citizens [videorecording].
Published by
  1. 1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Cunningham, Merce
  2. Richards, Mary Caroline.
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (93 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Merce Cunningham and M.C. Richards speak informally to senior citizens about their careers, lifestyles and friendship. Cunningham discusses his daily exercise routine; his diet; how he met M.C. Richards; the production of Ocean; his use of Life Forms computer software; touring in the early days of his company. M.C. Richards discusses her current activities and earlier life; her communal living arrangements; her experiences at Black Mountain College; how she met Merce Cunningham. Cunningham speaks about his passion for dance; Richards discusses her concern for the environment and her pottery; she and Cunningham speak about the importance of lifelong learning. In response to questions from the audience, Cunningham discusses his ideas about timing and movement in dance; his use of video to document his choreography; audience reactions to his work; dance for children; his collaboration with John Cage. M.C. Richards reads a poem dedicated to Cage. Cunningham speaks about his pet cats as inspiration for dance movements.
Series statement
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subject
  1. Cunningham, Merce > Career in dance
  2. Richards, Mary Caroline
  3. Creative ability in old age
  4. Cage, John > Friends and associates
  5. Alternative lifestyles
  6. Video
  7. Arts and older people
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-496
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped at North Berkeley Senior Center, Berkeley, Calif., on May 3, 1994.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
  1. Merce Cunningham [and M.C. Richards] talk to senior citizens [videorecording].
Imprint
  1. 1994.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Event
  1. Videotaped at North Berkeley Senior Center, Berkeley, Calif., on May 3, 1994.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added author
  1. Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
  2. Richards, Mary Caroline. Speaker
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-496
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