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University of California, Los Angeles, Dance Department: seminars
- Title
- University of California, Los Angeles, Dance Department: seminars [sound recording].
- Author
- Martin, John , 1893-1985.
- Publication
- 1967.
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| Status | Vol/Date | 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. | no. 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2209 no. 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | no. 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2209 no. 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.)
- Summary
- Cassette 1. 10/12/67 (10/17/67 segment begins on last minutes of side one). Martin discusses audience for modern dancers such as Isadora Duncan, Agna Enters, Sybil Shearer and Martha Graham; contrasts Graham's choreography with that of Ruth St. Denis; describes dancing in Germany in 1928 as well as costumes in Germany, France, and Russia during this period; contrasts the disappearance of the classical ballet style as represented by Anna Pavlova with the preservation of classical ballet technique; describes Sergei Grigor'ev's reconstructions of ballets such as Tamara and The firebird as substantially different from the originals; discusses Pavlova's constant touring and her failure to nurture talented dancers within her company. Martin discusses theater in U.S.S.R.; Helen Tamiris's manifesto on contemporary dance; views of ethnic dance performance by dancers not of that ethnicity; development and role of costumes in ballet and modern dance; dance notation as better means than film to preserve choreography: notation's limitations and potential.
- Cassette 2. 10/17/67 cont. Martin discusses relationship of technique and body types; modern trend toward slender and athletic dancers; relation of gender to choreography; Doris Humphrey's balance between conceptual and formal patterns in her work; Eugene Loring and the ballet Billy the Kid; influence of work created on the East coast on work in the West and Midwest; Martin's long, professional relationship with Martha Graham; the influence of Lincoln Kirstein, Erick Hawkins, and ballet on Graham's choreography; her solo work in the mid-1950s. Martin discusses Humphrey's working relationship with Charles Weidman; physical aspects of stages in New York City such as at the New School and the 16th Street theater; Humphrey's strength as choreographer rather than dancer as well as her musicality; her dance Pleasures of counterpoint. Martin contrasts modern dance in Berlin in early 1930s with German ballet; contrasts qualities between cities in northern and southern Germany; discusses the business-like approach of Berlin to the highly-specialized sex industry [begins discussion of concept of space; tape ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive.
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Subject
- Note
- Recorded at two sessions of a graduate seminar on dance in the 1920s and 1930s led by John Martin at the Dance Dept. of the Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, on 10/12/67 and 10/17/67.
- Sound quality is poor.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2209
- OCLC
- NYPY02-R3
- Author
- Martin, John , 1893-1985.
- Title
- University of California, Los Angeles, Dance Department: seminars [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1967.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Local Note
- Original copy: *MGZTO 7-2209.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2209, nos. 1, 2, and 3.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2209