Ruas, Charles.
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Quarry / by Meredith Monk ; interview by Charles Ruas.
Charles Ruas interviews Meredith Monk about the adaptation of her opera Quarry for radio. Meredith Monk is an American composer, singer, director and choreographer who is a pioneer in what is now called interdisciplinary performance. The theater piece Quarry was first performed at the off-Broadway theater, La MaMa, in New York. The story is about…
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Einstein on the beach / by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson ; interview by Charles Ruas.
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Pandering to the masses : a misrepresentation / by Richard Foreman ; interview by Charles Ruas.
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Interview with Helen Adam / by Susan Howe and Charles Ruas.
Scottish poet Helen Adam (1907 – 1993) reads and discusses her ballads and other poetic efforts with Susan Howe and Charles Ruas. Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland, educated at Nairnshire and Edinburgh University, worked as a journalist in Edinburgh and London, and moved with her family to the US in 1939, settling in the…
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Quarry / by Meredith Monk ; interview by Charles Ruas.
Composer and choreographer Meredith Monk is interviewed by WBAI’s Charles Ruas. Monk discusses the evolution of her music from the 1960s through the 1970s. Following the interview is a performance of Monk’s Quarry, an opera for radio for WBAI’s Audio-Experimental Theatre program. Reel 1 of this program features the interview, Reel 2 contains the performance.…
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William Carlos Williams / William Eric Williams and Reid Whitmore ; interviewed by Susan Howe and Charles Ruas.