Research Catalog

Interview with Ellen Fisher

Title
Interview with Ellen Fisher [sound recording].
Author
Fisher, Ellen.
Publication
2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

StatusVol/DateFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 32453 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
discs 1-2AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2453 discs 1-2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Details

Additional Authors
Thom, Rose Anne.
Description
2 sound discs (ca. 88 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • 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.
  • 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
New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
Series Statement
Meredith Monk Oral History Project.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • 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.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2453.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2453
OCLC
NYPY06-R7
Author
Fisher, Ellen. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Ellen Fisher [sound recording].
Imprint
2005.
Series
Meredith Monk Oral History Project.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Connect to:
Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
Local Subject
Trance dances.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Sri Lanka.
Audiotapes -- Fisher, E.
Added Author
Thom, Rose Anne. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2453 [sound disc]
*MGZMT 3-2453 [transcript]
*MGZTL 4-2453
View in Legacy Catalog