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Interview-demonstration with Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander the art of performing.

Title
Interview-demonstration with Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Publication
1953.

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter.
  • Lynn, Bambi.
  • Alexander, Rod, 1920-1992.
  • Dance Laboratory.
  • 92nd St. Y (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 45 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Miss Linn and Mr. Alexander discuss the elements of motivation, style, projection, and technique with reference to the particular problems of a performing team like themselves with different backgrounds; choreographing and performing for television and night clubs; stage fright; varying the flow of energy and spatial direction to achieve different effects; the three dances they will demonstrate: The blue Danube (Alexander), originally choreographed for television, Younger than springtime, and Mambo, choreographed for night club performances.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of Walter Terry.
  • Oral History Archive.
  • New York State Council for the Arts, 2005-2006.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewer: Walter Terry.
  • Recorded March 8, 1953. The sixth in the 1952-1953 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, held at the YM-YWHA, 92nd Street, New York City. The season's topic was The art of performing. Guest artists were Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander, night-club and television dance team.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council for the Arts, 2005-2006.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-102
OCLC
NYPY737040117-R
Title
Interview-demonstration with Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Imprint
1953.
Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council for the Arts, 2005-2006.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTO 5-102 (Acetate; half track; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in.)
Former classmark: *MGZT 5-102
Local Subject
Interpretation in dance performance.
Dance technique.
Variety dancing -- United States.
Audiotapes -- Alexander, R.
Audiotapes -- Linn, B.
Added Author
Terry, Walter. Interviewer
Lynn, Bambi. Interviewee
Alexander, Rod, 1920-1992. Interviewee
Dance Laboratory.
92nd St. Y (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-102 [sound disc]
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