Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Alwin Nikolais [sound recording]

Author

Nikolais, Alwin.

Publication

1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nikolais, Alwin.
• Stern, Lee Edward.

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 25 min.)

Summary

Alwin Nikolais discusses his choreography and his concept of total theater; the origin of dance performance and its evolution from god-worship to audience-focused; the relationship of his work to his own life; his personal history leading to his career as a dancer and choreographer including his childhood music education, as well as his studies with Franziskaa Boas and teachers at Bennington; the influence of Mary Wigman on his career; his work with Truda Kaschmann; his work for Hanya Holm and The Henry Street Playhouse after World War II; the evolution of his own separate dance company; the demand for multimedia art and new thoughts about time and space in post-WW II society; and Nikolais' current (1979) projects.

Donor/Sponsor

• Oral History Archive.
• National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Uniform Title

Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subject

• Nikolais, Alwin > Interviews
• Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
• Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
• Kaschmann, Truda Fackenheim, 1906-1986
• Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company

Note

• Recorded December 17, 1979.
• Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1345

OCLC

NYPY00-R31

Author

Nikolais, Alwin. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Alwin Nikolais [sound recording]

Imprint

1979.

Local Note

Preservation master tape: *MGZTO 7-1345.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1345.

Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Nikolais, A.

Added Author

Nikolais, Alwin. Interviewee

Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer

Added Title

Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1345