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Ruth St. Denis and Russell D. Curry

Title
Ruth St. Denis and Russell D. Curry [sound recording].
Author
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
Publication
1964.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZTL 4-616Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Curry, Russell D.
  • Oral history archive.
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010
Description
1 sound disc (22 min.) : digital; (4 3/4 in.)
Summary
Louise [Morgan?] and Gus [Saunders?], hosts for a Boston radio station [ WNAC?] speak with Russell D. Curry and Ruth St. Denis about their continuing vitality; St. Denis speaks about her uncertainty as to her exact age; Hindu temple dances as the inspiration for her dancing with bare feet; her preference for the Hindu salutation [namaste] to shaking hands; her definition of dancing; her dance Incense including its sources and the costume; her thoughts on contemporary fashions in women's clothes.
Subjects
Note
  • Conversation with Ruth St. Denis and Russell D. Curry conducted by hosts Louise and Gus [surnames not known; possibly Louise Morgan and Gus Saunders] for a Boston radio station [possibly WNAC] in 1964, on the occasion of the 41st annual convention of the Dance Teachers Club of Boston. Curry's contributions to the conversation are insubstantial and occur near the beginning and towards the end of the recording.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010.
System Details (note)
  • Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 22 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 7 in.; acetate, half track; originally recorded in 1964) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-616
OCLC
83732049
Author
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968. Interviewee
Title
Ruth St. Denis and Russell D. Curry [sound recording].
Imprint
1964.
Funding
Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010.
System Details
Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 22 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 7 in.; acetate, half track; originally recorded in 1964) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 7-616
Archive original: *MGZTO 7-616
Added Author
Curry, Russell D. Interviewee
Oral history archive.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-616
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