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Looking at dance Merce Cunningham speaks to the American Dance Festival community
Merce Cunningham and David Vaughan answer questions from the audience at the American Dance Festival. Vaughan comments on the present state of dance education and Cunningham discusses his ideas about learning dance. Cunningham and Vaughan both speak about dance writer Edwin Denby's influence. Cunningham discusses his use of Life Forms computer software; his recollections of Black Mountain College; his commitment to innovation in choreography; audience interpretations of his work, including Winterbranch; his ideas about dance on camera; time and structure in his choreography; practicing Yoga; and his recollections of his first dance teacher, Mrs. Maude Barrett. The recording ends abruptly.
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- "Merce Cunningham and David Vaughan answer questions from the audience at the American Dance Festival. Vaughan comments on the present state of dance education and Cunningham discusses his ideas about learning dance. Cunningham and Vaughan both speak about dance writer Edwin Denby's influence. Cunningham discusses his use of Life Forms computer software; his recollections of Black Mountain College; his commitment to innovation in choreography; audience interpretations of his work, including Winterbranch; his ideas about dance on camera; time and structure in his choreography; practicing Yoga; and his recollections of his first dance teacher, Mrs. Maude Barrett. The recording ends abruptly."@en
- "Merce Cunningham begins the program by introducing David Vaughan, describing how Vaughan became involved with the Cunningham company. Cunningham continues to speak about his company's beginnings at Black Mountain College; the current state of the dance world, and the influence of television on how people view dance; his interest in pure movement; recollections of Mrs. Barrett, his first dance teacher; his collaborations with John Cage and other composers; his use of Life Forms computer software, and of chance procedures, in creating choreography. Vaughan and Cunningham answer questions from the audience, discussing the multiplicity of rhythms in Cunningham's choreography; the making of the work Ocean; how Cunningham was influenced by the I ching and by Zen Buddist ideas about decentralization; Cunningham's ideas about the expressive qualities of movement."@en
- "David Vaughan begins the program by discussing Merce Cunningham's written statement Four events that have led to large discoveries, about the influence on his career of the decision to separate music and dance in his performances; his use of chance operations; his work with film and video; and his work with computer software for creating choreography. Cunningham speaks about issues raised by the statement, including his personal artistic philosophy; his ideas about movement; and the influence of technology on dance and visual perception. A question-and-answer session follows the talk. Cunningham discusses forms and emotion in his work, his experience working with Martha Graham, and experiences of performing in unconventional spaces."@en
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- "Looking at dance Merce Cunningham speaks to the American Dance Festival community"@en