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Interview with Robert Swinston

Cassette 1. Recorded October 20, 1998 in Mr. Swinston's office at the Cunningham Studio. Mr Swinston discusses his background and early interest in sports; other personal characteristics that influenced his dancing; transferring from Middlebury College to New York University; Jean Erdman; experiencing a variety of dance techniques; attending Jacob's Pillow; his decision to focus on dance; philosophical interests; being accepted as an apprentice with the Martha Graham Dance Company; attending the Juilliard School; Kazuko Hirabayashi; his admiration for Yuriko's dancing; working with Anna Sokolow; seeing Merce Cunningham's work for the first time; Chris Komar; other aspects of his training and the years after graduating from Juilliard; joining the Limón Dance Company; his developing interest in Cunningham's work; joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

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  • "Cassette 1. Recorded October 20, 1998 in Mr. Swinston's office at the Cunningham Studio. Mr Swinston discusses his background and early interest in sports; other personal characteristics that influenced his dancing; transferring from Middlebury College to New York University; Jean Erdman; experiencing a variety of dance techniques; attending Jacob's Pillow; his decision to focus on dance; philosophical interests; being accepted as an apprentice with the Martha Graham Dance Company; attending the Juilliard School; Kazuko Hirabayashi; his admiration for Yuriko's dancing; working with Anna Sokolow; seeing Merce Cunningham's work for the first time; Chris Komar; other aspects of his training and the years after graduating from Juilliard; joining the Limón Dance Company; his developing interest in Cunningham's work; joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company."@en
  • "Cassette 3. Continuation of cassette 2. Mr. Swinston discusses the death of John Cage; the death of Chris Komar; his admiration for Komar's teaching; his own dancing and his thoughts about the future."@en
  • "Dancer Robert Swinston discusses his background as a singer and athlete; studying with Anna Sokolow at the Juilliard School; Martha Graham; Kazuko Hirabayashi; joining the José Limón Dance Company; joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; becoming assistant to the choreographer for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; setting Cunningham's choreography on other companies; CRWDSPCR; the particular challenges of Cunningham's choreography; teaching; notating Cunningham's classes and studying its success on the body; learning from his mistakes; daily hard work as the key to success; his desire to continue dancing as long as possible."@en
  • "Cassette 2. Recorded October 21, 1998 at the Dance Collection, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. Mr Swinston continues to discuss joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; compares the Cunningham and Graham techniques; describes his developing mastery of Cunningham technique and repertory; discusses dancers that he has admired; Sounddance; meaning in Cunningham's work; his impressions of Merce Cunningham in the early years; Cunningham's working process; touring with John Cage; various issues relating to performing Cunningham's choreography; strategies for learning Cunningham's complex material; the creation of Scenario; Rei Kawakubo's costumes; the increasing complexity of Cunningham's movement; reconstructing Cunningham's older works; Swinston's current position as assistant to the choreographer."@en

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