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Interview with Paul Taylor

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Request Appointment 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 4-1591 disc 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment 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 4-1591 disc 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Additional Authors

Sears, David, 1948-1992.

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 94 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Disc 1, ca. 47 min. Paul Taylor speaks about his forthcoming work [Arden court] including the score by William Boyce, the set and the costumes; his general reluctance to explain new works verbally; the sets in a number of his works including Diggity; Insects and heroes, and Public domain; working with John Rawlings and with Gene Moore; Taylor's altering of scores for use in his choreography; his preference for live performances of his works rather than video and television recordings; touring, in Japan and elsewhere; Taylor's work 3 epitaphs; his thoughts on the use of puppets; dark versus joyful works.
Disc 2, ca. 47 min. Taylor speaks about working with Charles Ludlum; the dancer, Karla Wolfangle; other company members; more on Taylor's forthcoming work [Arden court]; his work Le sacre du printemps (The rehearsal) [Sears speaks about his own puppetry]; Taylor's work From sea to shining sea; why he choreographs; how his forthcoming piece [Arden court] differs from his works Airs and Runes; Louis Horst, including his review of Taylor's work; Taylor's view of his own choreographic development; his dance company's economic precariousness [ends abruptly].

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Note

Interview with Paul Taylor conducted by David Sears, probably at Taylor's home in New York City, on March 9, 1981. An unidentified female speaker occasionally participates in the interview on disc 1.
Sound quality is sometimes poor.

Funding (note)

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

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1591

OCLC

NYPY03-R39

Author

Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Paul Taylor [sound recording]

Imprint

1981.

Funding

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

Local Note

Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1591

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1591 nos. 1-2

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1591 nos. 1-2

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Taylor, P.

Added Author

Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1591