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Interview with Katherine Dunham and Ben Sommers

Title
Interview with Katherine Dunham and Ben Sommers [sound recording]
Publication
1964.

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Additional Authors
  • Horosko, Marian.
  • Dunham, Katherine.
  • Sommers, Ben, 1906-1985.
Description
1 sound cassette (25 min.) : analog, mono.
Summary
Summary: Katherine Dunham discusses her background in social anthropology and its relevance today; dance as an index to society; Haiti; her school and her company. Ben Sommers, president of Capezio, inc., discusses the Capezio award presentation; past award recipients, the selection committee, criteria for the award. He also talks about his firm, Capezio, inc.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Uniform Title
Profiles (Radio program)
Subjects
Note
  • Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded 1964 at the Russian Tea Room, New York City and broadcast by radio station WNCN, New York, on its series, Profiles.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-22
OCLC
NYPY737041347-R
Title
Interview with Katherine Dunham and Ben Sommers [sound recording]
Imprint
1964.
Local Note
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
Archival original: *MGZTO 5-22. 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate, dual track.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-22. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester, dual track.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Dunham, K.
Audiotapes -- Sommers, B.
Added Author
Horosko, Marian. Interviewer
Dunham, Katherine. Interviewee
Sommers, Ben, 1906-1985. Interviewee
Added Title
Profiles (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-22
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