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Interview with Jean Erdman
- Title
- Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]
- Author
- Erdman, Jean.
- Publication
- 1980.
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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. | disc 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1535 disc 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. | disc 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1535 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sears, David, 1948-1992.
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 96 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 48 min.). Erdman speaks about her dance opera, the Shining house, including the meaning of the title, the nature of the characters represented, such as Pele, and the underlying myth; Nathaniel B. Emerson's compilation of Hawaiian epic poetry, Unwritten literature of Hawaii; Erdman's efforts to understand the concepts and symbolism embodied in Hawaiian myths; Erdman's birth and childhood in Hawaii; the Dillingham family of Hawaii and her relation to it; origins and transmission to Hawaii of the Pele cult; the volcanoes on Hawaii Island; manner in which epics were performed prior to contact with the Europeans; learning traditional Hawaiian dance from childhood on; changes in hula dancing after World War II [ends abruptly].
- Disc 2 (ca. 48 min.). Erdman speaks about her work Gauguin in Tahiti; compares Tahitian dance and the Hawaiian hula; the effect of Christianity on Polynesian dancing; more about her work the Shining house, including her decision to limit the use of the hula to elements within her own style of choreography; dancing in Martha Graham's company; leaving Graham's company and studying more traditional styles of dancing; her views on teaching dance; marrying Joseph Campbell; reminiscences about her first exposure to Asian dance; returning from Asia and dancing with Martha Graham's company; contribution of Campbell to Erdman's works; influence on her work of what Louis Horst called archaic Greek style; her work Ophelia; experimentation with different styles in her choreography; creating her work The coach with six insides; Irish elements in this work [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Gift of David Sears.
- Oral History Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Jean Erdman conducted by David Sears on Sept. 5, 1980.
- Recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1535
- OCLC
- NYPY03-R16
- Author
- Erdman, Jean. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1980.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1535Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1535 nos. 1-2Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1535 nos. 1-2
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Erdman, J.
- Added Author
- Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1535