TitleDavid Vaughan speaks about the Merce Cunningham Dance Company: on Eklektico (Radio program), KUT Austin
Additional title: Eklektico (Radio program)
NamesMerce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)Vaughan, David, 1924- (Interviewee)Aielli, John (Host)Hodge, Kelly (Commentator)KUT (Radio station : Austin, Tex.) (Broadcaster)University of Texas at Austin (Sponsor)
CollectionMerce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Dates / OriginDate Created: 1996-01-29
Library locationsRodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundShelf locator: *LTC-A 1438
TopicsCage, JohnCunningham, MerceMerce Cunningham Dance CompanyLifeForms (Computer programs)Ground level overlay (Choreographic work : Cunningham)Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)Tune In/Spin out (Choreographic work : Cunningham)ChoreographyDance -- Study and teachingModern dance -- United States
GenresInterviews
NotesStatement of responsibility: with host John Aielli.Content: Contains an interview with David Vaughan on the Eklektiko radio program on KUT Austin; correlating to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance at the Bass Concert Hall, University of Texas at Austin, January 31, 1996.Content: Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and container, and audition.Content: Handwritten note on original cassette and container: "David Vaughan Interview ; 1-29-96 ; Dolby B N.R.".Venue: Recorded and broadcast at KUT Radio in, Austin, Texas, 1996 January 29.Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical DescriptionAudiocassetteExtent: 1 audiocassette (62 minutes) : analogSound quality is good.
DescriptionStreaming file 1, side 1: Host John Aielli introduces the Eklektico program and David Vaughan; Kelly Hodge from the Performing Arts Center in Austin introduces the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performance at the Bass Concert Hall; Vaughan speaks about the trilogy of works that Merce Cunningham created for commission by the University of Texas at Austin: Cargo X (1989), Change of Address (1992), and Tune In/Spin out (1996); Vaughan speaks about his background with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including his appointment as Company archivist; Vaughan gives a brief biography of Cunningham, including his early dance training, mentors, college years, and becoming a dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company; Vaughan speaks about Cunningham and John Cage's first concert together with Jean Erdman in New York, 1942 as well as the joint concert between Cage and Cunningham in 1944; Vaughan speaks about the collaboration between Cage and Cunningham that emphasizes the independence between music and dance; he tells an anecdote about the premiere of Ground level overlay (1995) and composer Stuart Dempster; Vaughan speaks about the electronic elements of Dempster's Underground overlays (1995) and instruments incorporated into Cage's Four series; Vaughan briefly mentions the other musicians playing in the performance, Takehisa Kosugi, Fast Forward, and John D.S. Adams; they speak about the culminating performance of the Company's residency at the University of Texas at Austin, including the works to be performed, Beach birds (1991), Ground level overlay, and Tune in/Spin out; they speak about a shirt that Vaughan is wearing and how it reminds Aielli of a film of the Martha Graham Dance Company; Vaughan speaks about the ways that Cunningham diverged from Graham including in movement technique, use of chance operations in sequencing choreography, use of time as opposed to music, and lack of narrative; Vaughan describes how Cunningham sets his work and uses LifeForms choreographic software; ends abruptly.
Streaming file 2, side 2: Begins abruptly, David Vaughan continues to speak with Eklektico program host John Aielli and Kelly Hodge about the LifeForms software that Merce Cunningham uses to choreograph; Vaughan speaks briefly about Cunningham's technique and dance classes; Vaughan speaks about some of the different ways that Cunningham has used chance in his choreography over the years; the differences in the ways that John Cage and Cunningham use chance in their respective art forms; Vaughan describes some of the inspirational sources for Cunningham's works; Vaughan speaks about Cage's original plan for Ocean (1994), which was not completed, it's relationship to Beach birds, and the recent realization of the work following Cage's death; they speak about the options for purchasing performance tickets, the pre-show talk, the Merce Cunningham Study Day event, and an open rehearsal; Vaughan speaks about the open-ended meaning of Cunningham's works and the [Merce Cunningham Dance] Company's performance qualities; they conclude with announcements for Vaughan's upcoming talks; ends abruptly.
Type of ResourceSound recording
LanguagesEnglish
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 914901502NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20751121Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ba003620-b90c-0133-e0b5-60f81dd2b63c
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