- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 31 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 31 minutes). [Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry introduces John Butler; John Butler speaks about his choreography including his work for Martha Graham; working with the dancer Lawrence Rhodes of the Harkness Ballet on Butler's new ballet, Rimbeaud [A season in hell]; his ballet, Sebastian; the music of Gian Carlo Menotti; choreographing for the Boston Ballet; the problems of choreographing for television; working for Pamela Ilott, executive producer for the CBS television series, Lamp unto my feet; choreographing for opera ballets including Carmina burana and La traviata; the themes which inspire his choreography. [Music and closing remarks by unidentified speaker.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with John Butler conducted by Walter Terry as host for radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance, in 1967.
- The sound quality is fair. Volume is relatively low, and the recording is marred by tape hiss. However, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-74
- OCLC
- 37122339
- Author
Butler, John, 1920-1993, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with John Butler, 1967.
- Imprint
1967.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance 1967 New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 31 minutes); polyester, half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto774_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-74
Former call number: *MGZT 7-74
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-74; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-74; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Opera ballet. La traviata.
- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-74