Don Asker interviewed by Shirley McKechnie for the Australian choreographers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2684647
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Asker, Don (Donald Robert), 1947-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1991 May 17
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 98 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Australian choreographers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Asker, a dancer and choreographer, talks about his career in dance since 1988 when he undertook a tour of Europe and Asia to study dance traditions. He speaks about his work with Community Arts Network and his involvement in cultural justice issues, dance in Hungarian society, his Chinese experience and how community arts networks assist marginalised immigrants. He discusses the challenge of training by means of a dance curriculum for adolescents as well as his previous work with the Human Veins Dance Company, the controversial "Monkeys in a Cage" and his work with Tess da Quincy.
- Notes:
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- Updates the previous interview by: Hilary Trotter.
- Recorded on May 17, 1991 in Melbourne.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summaru and corrected transcript (typescript, 43 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- McKechnie, Shirley, 1926-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian choreographers oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 1991
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