Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Daniel Nagrin. December 23, 1975, 1975.

Author

Nagrin, Daniel

Publication

1975

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Details

Additional Authors

Gruen, John

Description

3 sound discs (approximately one hour and 46 minutes): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Daniel Nagrin speaks with John Gruen about his background and first exposure to dance including at the New Dance Group and at Martha Graham's school; his teacher Ray Moses; his summer at Unity House; his focus on dance after graduating from college; working with Anna Sokolow; his experience at Martha Graham's school including the competitive atmosphere; his parents' support of his decision to be a dancer; his teachers including Fanya Chochem and Sue [Suzanne] Remos for jazz and Madame [Elizaveta] Anderson-Ivantzova for ballet; his return to Unity House; Helen Tamiris including her influence on his creative process [ends abruptly but continues on disc 2].
• Disc 2 (approximately 48 minutes). Daniel Nagrin continues to speak with John Gruen about the new direction of his dancing; Helen Tamiris including their work in musical comedy; reason he did not like performing in musical theater; his experience working on a production of Stefan Zweig's Volpone; his career as a solo dancer; Tamiris's move away from musical theater and the formation of the Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company; more on his work as a solo dancer of his own choreography; his seeking of and response to Tamiris's comments on his work; political themes in his work, for example his Peloponnesian war; [ends abruptly but continues on disc 3].
• Disc 3 (approximately 10 minutes). Daniel Nagrin continues to speak with John Gruen about political themes in his work; recent activities; his reluctance to define his work or what he feels he has accomplished.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of John Gruen

Subjects

• Audiotapes > Nagrin, D
• Nagrin, Daniel
• Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966
• Unity House

Note

• Interview with Daniel Nagrin conducted by John Gruen on December 23, 1975, in New York City, as the basis for an article that appeared in Dance magazine (June 1976, p. 68-71).
• Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.

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

*MGZTL 4-652

OCLC

84470384

Author

Nagrin, Daniel, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Daniel Nagrin. December 23, 1975, 1975.

Production

1975

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by John Gruen 1975, December 23 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: two sound cassettes (approximately one hour and 46 minutes); 1 7/8 ips., originally recorded on December 23, 1975; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Local Note

For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-652.

Former summary: SUMMARY: Daniel Nagrin discusses his background and first exposure to dance; his training at the New Dance Group and Martha Graham studios; jazz dancing; Helen Tamiris; his work in night clubs and in musical comedy; his career as a solo dancer; the Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company; political themes in his work.

Former classmark: *MGZTC 3-652

Added Author

Gruen, John, interviewer.

Gruen, John, donor

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-652