Remy Charlip: dancer, choreographer and teacher, actor and director, designer and visual artist, author and illustrator, and beloved friend: a creative life, 1929-present
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Description
The interview begins with Remy Charlip's aesthetic, family life, and current projects. Major topics of discussion include first contacts with creativity, meeting and working with Merce Cunningham, integrating life and creativity, life as working dancer, early oppertunities in New York, developing Oh Calcutta!, costume design for Merce Cunningham, artistic milieu in New York City, and John Cage, Viola Farber, Martha Graham, Lou Harrison, Lucas Hoving, Margaret Jenkins, and Katherine Litz. Interview conducted for the Legacy Oral History Project. California Preservation Service (CAPS)
Type
sound
Format
Master
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Identifier
csfpal_000051_t01; csfpal_000051_t02
Language
English
Subject
Dancers--United States Choreographers--United States Illustrators--United States Artists--United States Dance teachers--United States Charlip, Remy Cunningham, Merce Litz, Katherine Cage, John Graham, Martha Jenkins, Margaret, 1942- Farber, Viola Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003 Hoving, Lucas
Provenance
Museum of Performance and Design California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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