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Interview with Ted Shawn
- Title
- Interview with Ted Shawn [sound recording].
- Author
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
- Publication
- 1971.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 4-994 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Jeter, Sarah.
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 55 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Ted Shawn speaks with Sarah Jeter about his financial difficulties at the beginning of World War II leading to the sale and incorporation of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival as a non-profit organization; private support of the festival; the continuing financial difficulties of the Festival during the war years; Russell Chapin and his support of the Festival including its use as a venue for opera; Shawn's having to choreograph 18 opera-ballets in the midst of very difficult circumstances at the Festival; reaching his physical and financial nadir; his tour in Australia as a solo performer and a teacher; the circumstances that led to Shawn's returning to Jacob's Pillow as director; John Christian including his role in Shawn's U.S. tour and subsequent role at Jacob's Pillow; the financial chaos Shawn found at Jacob's Pillow; his struggles, with Christian's help, to keep the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival afloat both financially and artistically; more on the management including the employing of Grace Badorek and his desire to create a record of his and Christian's contributions; his intent that this recording be given to The New York Public Library.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive. Ted Shawn Collection.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by Sarah Jeter on Sept. 4, 1971. For the most part Ted Shawn speaks with an occasional remark or question from Jeter.
- Overall sound quality through track 6 is very good; beginnig with track 7 the sound quality is fair to poor although for the most part Shawn's voice is intelligible.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-994
- OCLC
- NYPY877017838-R
- Author
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Ted Shawn [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1971.
- Original Version
- Original format: 1 sound cassette (ca. 55 min.: 1 7/8 in. per sec.). Originally recorded in 1971.
- Local Note
- Former call no.: *MGZTC 3-994
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Shawn, T.
- Added Author
- Jeter, Sarah. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-994