An Art of Choice: Lucinda Childs

FAIN: TD-290754-23

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc. (Newton, MA 02458-1341)
Jack Walsh (Project Director: August 2022 to present)

Center for Independent Documentary request $75,000 for the research and development of a feature film about choreographer Lucinda Childs

Associated Products

An Art of Choice: Lucinda Childs Script (Script)
Title: An Art of Choice: Lucinda Childs Script
Writer: Sharon Wood
Director: Jack Walsh
Producer: Jack Walsh
Producer: Christine Murray
Abstract: This is the feature length script for a 90-minute documentary on the dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs. Spanning six decades of her creative out put, the script combines interviews, archival footage, and contemporary performances in telling her story.
Year: 2024
Primary URL: http://https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bj1_QoIBddndvP1UODQlMB7r25Gx3NRW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105348657326054755767&rtpof=true&sd=true

An Art of Choice: Lucinda Childs Sample Reel (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: An Art of Choice: Lucinda Childs Sample Reel
Writer: Sharon Wood
Director: Jack Walsh
Producer: Christine Murray
Producer: Jack Walsh
Abstract: Beginning with a contemporary performance by Lucinda Childs with the LA Philharmonic, the film jumps back six decades to the start of her career in the early 1960s. Through interviews, historically documented performances and photographs we learn about her collaborations with composers Philip Glass and John Adams, theater director Robert Wilson and architect Frank Gehry. We also learn of her romantic involvement with writers Jill Johnston and Susan Sontag. Throughout scholars articulate and comment on various aspects of Childs choreographic strategies to provide a framework about her impact on dance and on the visual arts.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: http://https://vimeo.com/956774957/db1e24f64f
Primary URL Description: This sample shows the variety of materials we will use in telling Lucinda Childs story: interviews, archival footage, photographs, and performance footage. We created this sample after five days of production when we interviewed nine people including Lucinda Childs. It also represents many months of work identifying and acquiring archival materials from their sources for the final film.
Access Model: This is for fundraising purposes only.
Format: Digital File

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