- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately one hour and two minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately one hour and two minutes). John Gruen introduces his guest George Faison and speaks about the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's current season; George Faison speaks with Gruen about his early training and his career as a dancer and choreographer including his work Gazelle [a recording of A long time ago, by Yusef Lateef and used in Gazelle is played]; Faison's work Hobo sapiens [commercial announcements]; choreographing the musical The Wiz [a recording of music by Béla Bartók, used in Faison's work Poppy is played]; his upcoming tour with Stevie Wonder; his sources of inspiration; closing remarks [commercial announcements; news].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with George Faison conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on December 12, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-631 Side A
- OCLC
- 80956273
- Author
Faison, George, 1945- interviewee.
- Title
Interview with George Faison, 1976
- Production
1976
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, December 12 New York (N.Y.)
- 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 one hour and two minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3631_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-631 Side A
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Muscial comedies. The Wiz
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-631 Side A