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Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08

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Title
Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08
Additional title: Rattlebag (Radio program)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Dungan, Myles (Interviewer)
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Broadcaster)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2002-05-08
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1436
Topics
Cage, John
Cunningham, Merce
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Summerspace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Contains a radio interview of Merce Cunningham with host Myles Dungan on Rattlebag, RTÉ Radio; correlating to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin for the Dublin Dance Festival, May 8-11, 2002.
Content: Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original container and cassette, and audition.
Content: Handwritten notes on original container and cassette: "Merce Cunningham interviewed by Myles Dungan ; Rattlebag RTÉ ; 8th May '02 - Broadcast ; International Dance Festival Ireland May 8/26".
Venue: Broadcast in, Dublin, Ireland, 2002 May 8.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (28 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; the speakers are clear but the recording was taken at a high volume which occasionally distorts the voices.
Description
Myles Dungan interviews Merce Cunningham [recording gap, 0:15-0:36]; topics include: the inspiration for Roaratorio (1983), especially John Cage's composition [of the same title] that included live Irish musicians, Summerspace (1958) and collaborating with Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol's pillows for RainForest (1968), creating Biped (1999) with the use of computers, Cunningham's use of LifeForms choreographic software, collaborating with Rauschenberg on Interscape (2000), Cunningham's continued curiosity of dance, learning tap dance as a child and his ongoing connection to Vaudeville dancing, his being a dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, Cunningham's first shared performance with Cage in New York and Cage's influence; program concludes, ca. 24:31; radio commercials, ca. 24:52-27:27.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 913898862
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20732325
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6e9df790-b8f5-0133-487a-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2002-05-08. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/726fd4f0-b8f5-0133-9602-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/726fd4f0-b8f5-0133-9602-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (2002-05-08). Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/726fd4f0-b8f5-0133-9602-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Merce Cunningham on Rattlebag (Radio program), RTÉ Radio, 2002-05-08