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Interview with Donald Saddler
- Title
- Interview with Donald Saddler [sound recording]
- Author
- Saddler, Donald
- Publication
- 1980.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-1383 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stern, Lee Edward.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 30 min.)
- Summary
- Donald Saddler discusses adapting choreographic methods for different mediums as well as for varied skill levels; his strategies for teaching non-dancers; his feelings on opening nights; his relaxed attitude toward reviews; the importance of advertising and television commercials for the survival of Broadway musicals; the effect of television on Broadway audiences; producers David Merrick and Alexander Cohen; he contrasts the creative freedom and independent direction possible in small films vs. Broadway productions; his work with Doris Day; his work on industrial and trade shows; the responsibility of the arts to entertain; getting professional dance stars to work together during gala productions; his hopes for the future.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Speaking of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Note
- Recorded August 20, 1980.
- Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1383
- OCLC
- NYPY01-R9
- Author
- Saddler, Donald, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Donald Saddler [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1980.
- Local Note
- Preservation master tape: *MGZTO 7-1383.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1383.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Saddler, D.
- Added Author
- Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer
- Added Title
- Speaking of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1383