Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Jean Erdman and Joseph Campbell [sound recording]

Author

Erdman, Jean.

Publication

1962.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Campbell, Joseph, 1904-
• Sears, David, 1948-1992.

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 128 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (ca. 64 min.). Campbell and Erdman speak about the relation of mythology to artistic creativity; the meaning of the phrase "open eye"; the reasons Erdman became a dancer; meeting Martha Graham; development of Erdman's work from abstract dance to dance with a dramatic or narrative component; her works Transformations of Medusa and Ophelia; her work Sea deep: a dreamy drama; composers for dance, including Louis Horst; the concept of total theater; her work Solstice; the creating of her work Coach with the six insides; response to the work in Ireland and in non-English-speaking countries; her use of movement to express themes and character; elemental differences in the type of dance movements common in Asia and in the West; themes in James Joyce's novel Finnegan's wake; the roles of the female in mythology [ends abruptly].
• Disc 2 (ca. 64 min.). [Begins abruptly with Campbell and Erdman speaking about and quoting from Finnegan's wake? Coach with six insides?]. Continues with discussion of Erdman's concept of total theater; Coach with the six insides as an embodiment of this concept; the relationship of artistic unity, Joyce's novels, and dance; more about Coach with the six insides, especially the slides used in the set [participants seem to be looking at photographs or drawings of the slides]; Erdman works that embody the total theater concept; Theater of the Open Eye and upcoming plays that Erdman considers total theater works, including Punch with Judy and The sun gets blue; Campbell's influence on Martha Graham [short gap]; Graham's works Letter to the world and Punch and the Judy; the relationship among these works, Japanese theater, and the concept of total theater; Graham's characteristic movements and Japanese dance; various ethnic dance styles as sources for Erdman's works; teaching Transformations of Medusa to Muna Tseng; working with actors; Erdman's development of total theater since the premiere of Coach with the six insides [ends abruptly].

Donor/Sponsor

• Oral History Archive.
• Gift of David Sears.
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2000-2001.

Subjects

• Transformations of Medusa (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Coach with the six insides (Choreographic work : Erdman, J)
• Audiotapes > Erdman, J
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Ophelia (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Campbell, Joseph, 1904-
• Erdman, Jean
• Joyce, James, 1882-1941 > Finnegans wake
• Solstice (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Note

• Interview with Jean Erdman and her husband, Joseph Campbell, conducted by David Sears on Nov. 12, 1982.
• There is a short gap approximately 30 min. into each of disc 1 and disc 2.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1536

OCLC

NYPY03-R17

Author

Erdman, Jean. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Jean Erdman and Joseph Campbell [sound recording]

Imprint

1962.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Local Note

Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1536 nos. 1-2

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1536 nos. 1-2

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1536 nos. 1-2

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Erdman, J.

Added Author

Campbell, Joseph, 1904- Interviewee

Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1536