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Additional authors

1. Thom, Rose Anne.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (ca. 88 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 48 min.) Ellen Fisher describes her first experiences with movement; travel to Sri Lanka as the foundation of her early creative work; her experiences there with various dance forms including trance dance and frenetic dancing; developing her work as a performance artist in Chicago; meeting Meredith Monk and their early work together on Monk's Plateau series; the work's development, first in Chicago and then New York; Fisher's move to New York; her work as a teacher and her interests as a performing artist; the development and content of Monk's Recent ruins; ongoing development of her own work as well as her continuing connection to Monk. Fisher describes her piece Figurines and, briefly, Call her Amedia.
2. Disc 2 (ca. 40 min.) Fisher briefly describes touring her work in Europe in the 1980s; discusses the relationship between work considered zhighy or zlowy art; more on her work in night clubs; her role in Monk's piece, Mercy, substituting for Lanny Harrison; her current work on Monk's Impermanence project; the research and development of this work; her plans to travel with Monk to Sri Lanka; reconstructing Plateau at Sarah Lawrence College; more on her ongoing work which includes Sri Lankan dance ritual and trance dance.

Donor/Sponsor

1. New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.

Series statement

1. Meredith Monk Oral History Project.

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.
2. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Fisher, Ellen
2. Monk, Meredith
3. Plateau series (Choreographic work : Monk)
4. Recent ruins (Choreographic work : Monk)
5. Impermanence project (Choreographic work : Monk)
6. Figurines (Choreographic work : Fisher)
7. Call her Amedia (Choreographic work : Fisher)
8. Ecstatic dance
9. Performance artists
10. Women performance artists
11. Dance > Religious aspects > Sri Lanka

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2453

Note

1. Interview with Ellen Fisher conducted by Rose Anne Thom at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City, on May 24, 2005.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2453.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.

Author

1. Fisher, Ellen. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Ellen Fisher [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 2005.

Series

1. Meredith Monk Oral History Project.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material

Local subject

1. Trance dances.
2. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Sri Lanka.
3. Audiotapes -- Fisher, E.

Added author

1. Thom, Rose Anne. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2453 [sound disc]
2. *MGZMT 3-2453 [transcript]
3. *MGZTL 4-2453