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Interview with Erick Hawkins.

Title: Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (edited) [sound recording].
Author: Hawkins, Erick.
Publication: 1972.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Supervised use	*MGZTL 4-688 no. 7, tracks 8-15	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTL 4-688 no. 7, tracks 1-7	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Supervised use	*MGZTL 4-688 no. 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Audio	Supervised use	*MGZTD 4-688 no. 7, tracks 8-15	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors

Rogosin, Elinor.

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 70 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Tracks 1-7 (ca. 33 min.). [Introductory remarks by host Elinor Rogosin.] Erick Hawkins speaks with Elinor Rogosin about the art of dance making, including the significance of the concept of poeticism; the importance of natural movement, including his disapproval of toe shoes; Isadora Duncan as having had the first vision of natural dance; nature as the starting place for his choreography; his dance Eight clear places; dance and metaphor including what he thinks art should do for the audience; his belief that dance must be religious; his dance Angels of the inmost heaven; his thoughts on the human body; his collaboration with sculptors Ralph Dorazio and Isamu Noguchi; the relationship of music and dance including his collaboration with composer Lucia Dlugoszewski; the importance of using live music in performance; the importance of live performances [music and closing remarks by Rogosin].

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Elinor Rogosin.

Uniform Title

Dance focus (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (unedited)

Subject

Note

Host: Elinor Rogosin. Broadcast September 21, 1972 by radio station WBAI on the series, Dance focus.
This interview was used as the basis for part of a chapter in Elinor Rogosin's book, The dance makers (1980)
The interview with Erick Hawkins is on tracks 1-7 (ca. 33 min.). Tracks 8-15 (ca. 37 min.) contain an interview with John Clifford.
An unedited version of the interview with Erick Hawkins, which is longer (ca. 50 min., even though it does not include Rogosin's introductory or closing remarks), can be found on *MGZTL 4-688 no. 5.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-688 no. 7, tracks 1-7

OCLC

NYPY847015181-R

Author

Hawkins, Erick. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (edited) [sound recording].

Imprint

1972.

Original Version

Original format: 1 sound cassette, side A (ca. 33 min.: 1 7/8 in. per sec.). Originally recorded in 1972.

Original format: 1 sound cassette, sides A and B (ca. 50 min.: 1 7/8 in. per sec.). Originally recorded in 1972.

Local Note

Former call no.: *MGZTC 3-688 reel 7, side A

Former call no.: *MGZTC 3-688 no. 5

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Hawkins, E.

Added Author

Rogosin, Elinor. Interviewer

Added Title

Dance focus (Radio program)

Added Title

Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (unedited) [sound recording].

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-688 no. 7, tracks 1-7

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