Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].

Author

Weidman, Charles.

Publication

1971.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005.
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.
• New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
• Oral history archive.

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 91 min.) : digital; (4 3/4 in.)

Summary

• Disc 1, ca. 46 min. Charles Weidman speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about Doris Humphrey's technique of fall and recovery including its origins and the possible influence of Ronny Johansson; Humphrey's five choreographic forms; working with her; what is referred to as the Humphrey hand; his farm; Pauline Chellis, including an anecdote about her and Sol Hurok; costumes; Humphrey in comic roles; her retirement from dancing; a reception he gave for Ruth St. Denis; [ends abruptly but continues directly on disc 2].
• Disc 2, ca. 45 min. Charles Weidman speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about the various places in New York City he and Doris Humphrey and their company [Humphrey-Weidman Company] worked and lived; the use of nicknames by Humphrey and others; Martha Graham's personality compared to that of Humphrey's; Humphrey's work Song of the West; Weidman's works The heart remembers and This passion, including Humphrey's dancing in them; touring with his own company; an anecdote regarding a lewd limerick; (briefly) Hay [Helen Mary Robinson]; (briefly) Humphrey's arthritis; Cohen's work on the Humphrey's autobiography, Doris Humphrey: an artist first.

Subjects

• Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
• This passion (Choreographic work : Weidman)
• Humphrey-Weidman Company
• Audiotapes > Weidman, C
• Chellis, Pauline
• Song of the West (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
• Weidman, Charles

Note

• Interview with Charles Weidman conducted by Selma Jeanne Cohen on May 13, 1971 in New York City. This interview was conducted as part of the research for Cohen's completion of Humphrey's autobiography: Doris Humphrey: an artist first (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1972).
• Sound quality ranges from fair to poor. The speakers' voices are not always intelligible, and there are a number of short gaps.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.

System Details (note)

• Transferred from 1 sound cassette (ca. 91 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels; originally recorded in 1971) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Source (note)

• Selma Jeanne Cohen

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-949 no. 23

OCLC

77971293

Author

Weidman, Charles. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].

Imprint

1971.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.

System Details

Transferred from 1 sound cassette (ca. 91 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels; originally recorded in 1971) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZTC 3-949 no. 23

Former archival original: *MGZTCO 3-949 no. 23

Added Author

Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005. Interviewer

Cohen, Selma Jeanne. Donor

National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.

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

Oral history archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-949 no. 23