- Additional Authors
- Alston, Richard, 1948-
- Brett, Steven, 1965-
- Heaton, Roger
- Mackrell, Judith
- Vaughan, David, 1924-
- Warsop, Sarah
- BBC Radio, broadcaster.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (28 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Begins abruptly; Merce Cunningham speaks about his interest in dance; David Vaughan comments on the creative abilities of Cunningham; program host [Miviam?] Newman introduces Cunningham and the London premiere of Touchbase (1992); Judith Mackrell, dance critic, comments on Cunningham and his use of chance procedure; Mackrell speaks about the characteristics of Cunningham's choreography as differing from Martha Graham's choreography; Cunningham speaks about how he works with music as independent from the dance [excerpts of John Cage's music are interspersed between the clips of Cunningham speaking]; Cunningham speaks about taking his inspiration from ordinary life and nature; he tells an anecdote about a question asked of him about music by a dancer in Calcutta, India; his reasons for presenting his work with music rather than silence and working with contemporary composers; Roger Heaton, musical director of Rambert Dance Company, speaks about Michael Pugliese's Icebreeze, the music for Cunningham's Touchbase (1992), including the percussion instruments and Pugliese's aleatory score [excerpts from Icebreeze are interspersed between the speakers]; Richard Alston, director of the Rambert Company, comments on Touchbase and the set design by Mark Lancaster; Cunningham speaks about his use of the LifeForms software to choreograph; Sarah Warsop and Steven Brett, dancers from the Rambert Company, comment on rehearsing and dancing Touchbase with Cunningham and his Merce Cunningham Dance Company; Mackrell comments on Touchbase including its movement vocabulary, mood, and set design; Newman introduces another Cunningham piece danced by the Rambert Company, Septet (1953), with music by Erik Satie; [excerpts from Satie's Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1903) are interspersed between the speakers]; Alston comments on how Septet relates to and differs from Touchbase; Mackrell comments on Cunningham as a choreographer; Cunningham speaks briefly about how he sees dance as an independent art form.
- Uniform Title
- Meridian reports (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Aleatory music.
- Modern dance music.
- Radio news programs.
- Note
- Contains a radio segment on Merce Cunningham for Meridian reports (Radio program) broadcast on BBC Radio; correlating to the premiere of Merce Cunningham's Touchbase by the Rambert Dance Company.
- Title, dates and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original container and cassette, and audition.
- Handwritten notes on original container and cassette: "Meridian - BBC World Service "Merce Cunningham" ; 92R50M803 - stereo ; TX: 21/7/92 - 2030 GMT ; 22/7/92 - 0630 GMT ; 22/7/92 - 1130 GMT ; presented + compiled by [Miviam?] Newman ; produced by Selina [Haniff?]".
- Sound quality is good.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1450
- OCLC
- 914477640
- Author
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
- Title
Merce Cunningham : and the premiere of Touchbase on Meridian reports (Radio program), BBC Radio, 1992-07-21/22.
- Publisher
July 21 and 22, 1992.
- Playing Time
002758
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Broadcast in, London, England, 1992 July 21 and 22.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (28 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1450.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Alston, Richard, 1948- commentator.
Brett, Steven, 1965- commentator.
Heaton, Roger, commentator.
Mackrell, Judith, commentator.
Vaughan, David, 1924- commentator.
Warsop, Sarah, commentator.
BBC Radio, broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Meridian reports (Radio program)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1450