Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. McDonagh, Don.
2. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 60 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 60 min.). Lucinda Childs speaks with Don McDonagh about performing on film; group dance pieces, including those with Steve Paxton, Constance West, and others; keeping extensive notes for the dances she creates; growing up in Manhattan; disbanding dance groups after performances are completed; the composition created by Robert Dunn in 1963; working with Dunn in classes; attending Sarah Lawrence, and studying dance classes with Judy Dunn; Yvonne Rainer's influence; Merce Cunningham's influence; working with Robert Morris; past choreographic works, including Cancellation sample, Carnation, Street dance, Screen, and Vehicle; possibility of working and touring with Merce Cunningham but choosing instead to dance with the Judson Dance Theater; dissatisfaction in presenting dances, with limitations on time and venues; working at the Armory in N.Y., and the challenges presented there; feeling disconnected from the dance world, and instead being more connected to the art world; relationship to dance; focusing on major productions, and the time spent preparing for them; the lack of desire in starting her own dance company, and not wanting to put the effort into the endeavor; difficulty in working with dance promoters, and the difference in support between art promoters and those who promote dance; inspiration found in the way in which Merce Cunningham choreographs and presents his works [abrupt end].

Subject

1. Judson Dance Theater
2. Carnation (Choreographic work : Childs)
3. Childs, Lucinda > Interviews
4. Vehicle (Choreographic work : Childs)
5. Rainer, Yvonne, 1934- > Influence
6. Cunningham, Merce > Influence

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2553

Note

1. Interview with Lucinda Childs conducted by Don McDonagh on March 13, 1970.
2. Recording quality is poor and inaudible in sections.
3. Open as of August 22, 2012.

Funding (note)

1. Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Don McDonagh;

Author

1. Childs, Lucinda. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Lucinda Childs [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1970.

Funding

1. Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Local note

1. Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2553
2. Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2553

Source

1. Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Added author

1. McDonagh, Don. Interviewer
2. McDonagh, Don. Donor
3. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2553 sound disc