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Interview with Dorothy Bird

Title
Interview with Dorothy Bird [sound recording]
Author
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
Publication
1983-[1984?]

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Additional Authors
De Mille, Agnes.
Description
3 sound cassettes (130 min.)
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive. Gift of Agnes De Mille.
Subject
  • Horst, Louis
  • Graham, Martha
  • Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  • Protas, Ron
  • Hawkins, Erick
Note
  • Interviewed by Agnes de Mille. Cassettes 1-2 probably recorded 10 December 1983; cassette 3 recorded 2 March 1984. All interviews done in New York City as part of research for Agnes de Mille's book on Martha Graham, entitled Martha.
Contents
SUMMARY: Cassette 1. Bird speaks softly and is difficult to hear. She discusses Graham's concept of projection and energy; Graham's use of the floor; her own relationship with Graham; moving to New York; Graham technique; living conditions during the depression; the Neighborhood Playhouse; Primitive mysteries; One touch of Venus; the preservation of Graham's choreography; Louis Horst's influence on Graham; Ron Protas' relationship with Graham. -- Cassette 2. Bird talks about Erick Hawkins; Graham's temper; Graham's use of props in Salem Shore; abstraction in Graham's choreography. De Mille sums up interview for five minutes at the end, in particular Hawkins at the 1939 World's Fair and his antics at the Metropolitan Opera. -- Cassette 3. Bird discusses summers in Connecticut; learning to cook from Graham; the Neighborhood Playhouse; Louis Horst; choreographic copyright of Graham's works; Ron Protas; the teaching of Graham material; José Limón; Doris Humphrey; the use of the arms in Graham technique.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-1610
OCLC
NYPY936035472-R
Author
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Dorothy Bird [sound recording]
Imprint
1983-[1984?]
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- De Mille, A.
Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.
Musical comedies. One touch of Venus.
Audiotapes -- Bird, D.
Added Author
De Mille, Agnes. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-1610
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