Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Alwin Nikolais [sound recording].

Author

Nikolais, Alwin.

Publication

1971.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rogosin, Elinor.
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.
• New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
• Oral history archive.

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 11 min.) : digital; (4 3/4 in.)

Summary

[Begins abruptly.] Alwin Nikolais speaks with Elinor Rogosin about the ideas underlying his multimedia productions, including the lighting and music; his break with Freudian concepts; the artist as an illusionist; his company [Nikolais Dance Theatre], including its extensive foreign tours;

Uniform Title

Dance focus (Radio program)

Subjects

• Audiotapes > Nikolais, A
• Nikolais, Alwin

Note

• Interview with Alwin Nikolais conducted by Elinor Rogosin, and broadcast on February 28, 1971 by radio station WBAI, New York on its series Dance focus.
• This interview forms the basis for part of a chapter in Elinor Rogosin's book, The dance makers (1980)
• Sound quality is excellent.

System Details (note)

• Transferred from 1 sound cassette, side B (ca. 11 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels; originally recorded for broadcast on Feb. 28, 1971) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-688 no. 8, side B

OCLC

84060790

Author

Nikolais, Alwin. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Alwin Nikolais [sound recording].

Imprint

1971.

System Details

Transferred from 1 sound cassette, side B (ca. 11 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels; originally recorded for broadcast on Feb. 28, 1971) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZTC 3-688 reel 8, side B.

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-688 no. 8, side B

Added Author

Rogosin, Elinor. Interviewer

National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.

New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.

Oral history archive.

Added Title

Dance focus (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-688 no. 8, side B