- Description
- One streaming file (approximately 18 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 18 minutes). Eva Desca Garnet, a former member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, speaks about Charles Weidman, primarily with respect to the period between 1936-1940; his roles including the lover in Doris Humphrey's With my red fires; his influence on modern dance choreography and dance instruction; his work Kinetic pantomime; Weidman as a source of inspiration to his students and company members; his occasional displays of favoritism and competiveness as an exception to his usual behavior; an anecdote about Weidman and Ted Shawn and his Male Dancers; his extraordinary recall of movement; her view that he has not received the recognition and acclaim he deserves.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Silvia Richards. Oral History Archive.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Statement on Charles Weidman recorded by Eva Desca Garnet in for use by Silvia (Pelt) Richards in her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Texas, probably in the mid- to late 1960s, and not after 1971.
- Determination of the possible year of the recording is based on a reference in the Denton Record-Chronicle of June 13, 1965 to Sylvia Richard's compiling material on Charles Weidman's life. Her biography of Weidman (A biography of Charles Weidman: with emphasis upon his professional career and his contributions to the field of dance) was published in 1971.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise and shifts in volume, but the speaker's voice is loud and clear.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-56 (former)
- OCLC
- 78817929
- Author
Garnet, Eva Desca.
- Title
Statement on Charles Weidman/ Eva Desca Garnet
- Production
[between 1960 and 1971]
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Event
Recorded by Eva Desca Garnet between 196- and 1971 Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Funding
The conservation 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.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 18 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgztco356_v01f01_sc) formats in 2014.
- Source
Gift, Sylvia Richards
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-56 (former)