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[David Vaughan lectures on Merce Cunningham at Boston Ballet]

Title
  1. [David Vaughan lectures on Merce Cunningham at Boston Ballet] [videorecording].
Published by
  1. 1995.

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Additional authors
  1. Vaughan, David, 1924-
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (70 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. David Vaughan, archivist for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, lectures on the career and works of Merce Cunningham. Vaughan discusses audience and critical reactions to Cunningham's work; the relationship between music and dance in Cunningham's work; Cunningham's collaboration with John Cage; Cunningham's use of everyday movements, chance procedures, and the Zen Buddhist concept of decentralization in his choreography; Cunningham's time at Black Mountain College and foundation of his company; and the company's 1964 world tour. Vaughan shows slides of various productions and discusses Cunningham's collaborations with visual artists, including Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Vaughan discusses Cunningham's work with video and his use of Life Forms computer software. Finally, Vaughan discusses Cunningham's work Breakers, which was commissioned for the Boston Ballet. Vaughan answers questions from the audience, discussing the titles and lighting design for Cunningham's works, Cunningham's experience working with classical dancers, and the qualities of dancers in Cunningham's company.
Series statement
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subject
  1. Video
  2. Arts > Experimental methods
  3. Cunningham, Merce > Career in dance
  4. Breakers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  5. Choreographers > United States
  6. Addresses
  7. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  8. Artistic collaboration
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Addresses.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-499
Note
  1. Title supplied by cataloger. Original container label: David Vaughan lecture in Boston.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in Boston Ballet studio, Boston, Mass., on Feb. 21, 1995.
Biography (note)
  1. This lecture was given on the occasion of the Boston Ballet's performance of Cunningham's choreographic work Breakers.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
  1. [David Vaughan lectures on Merce Cunningham at Boston Ballet] [videorecording].
Imprint
  1. 1995.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Event
  1. Videotaped in Boston Ballet studio, Boston, Mass., on Feb. 21, 1995.
Biography
  1. This lecture was given on the occasion of the Boston Ballet's performance of Cunningham's choreographic work Breakers.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added author
  1. Vaughan, David, 1924- Speaker
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-499
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