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Christmas reflections on sacred and secular dance.
- Title
- Christmas [sound recording] : reflections on sacred and secular dance.
- Author
- Terry, Walter.
- Publication
- 1966.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-94 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 sound cassette (21 min.) : analog, mono.
- Summary
- Walter Terry discusses The nutcracker as a secular American Christmas tradition; the pageant of the Nativity at Radio City Music Hall and the Hanukah Festival at Madison Square Garden; the role of dance in primitive religions; the Christian religion and the American Indians of the Southwest; the early Catholic Church and the secularization of the dance; the Easter procession at Seville Cathedral, Spain; dancing in the Greek Orthodox, Coptic and Muslim religions; the Puritans and dancing in America; New Testament references to dancing; India; Ruth St. Denis' contribution toward restoring religious inspiration to contemporary dance; religious themes in American modern dance.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Subject
- Note
- Recorded December 22 and braodcast December 25, 1966 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-94
- OCLC
- NYPY737017360-R
- Author
- Terry, Walter.
- Title
- Christmas [sound recording] : reflections on sacred and secular dance.
- Imprint
- 1966.
- Local Note
- Archival original: *MGZTO 7-94; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-94; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
- Local Subject
- Ritual and ceremonial dancing.
- Added Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-94