Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's: news report on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster, 1997-07-09

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Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's: news report on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster, 1997-07-09
Additional title: Evening extra (Radio program)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Agnew, Robert (Commentator)
Alcorn, Michael (Commentator)
Covey, David (Commentator)
Culver, Andrew, 1953- (Commentator)
Kennedy, Liz (Host)
Pesle, Bénédicte (Commentator)
Rogoff, Gordon, 1931- (Commentator)
Turner, Rosie (Commentator)
BBC Radio Ulster (Broadcaster)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1997-07-09
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1452
Topics
Culver, Andrew, 1953- Ocean 1-1995
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Soundings: ocean diary
Exiles Theatre Limited
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Belfast Festival at Queen's
Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genres
Radio programs
Notes
Statement of responsibility: reported by Liz Kennedy.
Content: Contains a radio news report on the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's production of Cunningham's Ocean (1994), broadcast on the Evening extra (Radio program), BBC Radio Ulster; correlating to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at the Belfast Festival at Queen's, November 27-29, 1997.
Content: Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original container and audition.
Content: Handwritten and typed notes on original container: "BBC Radio Ulster ; Belfast 9 July 1997 ; Merce Cunningham visit to Belfast Festival".
Venue: Broadcast in, Belfast, Ireland, 1997 July 9.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (8 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good.
Description
Begins abruptly with unidentified male radio announcer speaking about the U.K. premiere of Merce Cunningham's Ocean (1994) at the Belfast Festival at Queen's; Liz Kennedy reports: Bénédicte Pesle comments on the past performance locations of Ocean; David Covey, production manager, comments on planning the performance in relationship to the spatial arrangement of the musicians and audience; Michael Alcorn, of Queen's University, comments on the seating for the musicians; Andrew Culver, composer for a part of the music for Ocean, comments on how he travels to the various production sites; Robert Agnew, festival director, comments on the audience capacity and scale of the performance; Culver describes the spatial arrangement of the performance; Rosie Turner, from Festival marketing, comments on the Northern Ireland Tourist Board sponsorship of the performance; unidentified announcer concludes the segment, ca. 5:49; new segment with Gordon Rogoff, director of the Exiles Theatre Limited, commenting on the current teaching activities of the Exiles Theatre; ends abruptly.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 914478526
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20750246
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5c3b7070-b907-0133-71c5-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1997. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c3b7070-b907-0133-71c5-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c3b7070-b907-0133-71c5-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1997). Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c3b7070-b907-0133-71c5-60f81dd2b63c

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Merce Cunningham Dance Company production of Ocean at the Belfast Festival at Queen's