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Interview with Nik Krevitsky
- Title
- Interview with Nik Krevitsky [sound recording]
- Author
- Krevitsky, Nik.
- Publication
- 1984.
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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 4-1565 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 4-1565 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sears, David, 1948-1992.
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 114 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 67 min.), 4/16/84. Nik Krevitsky speaks about Louis Horst, in particular his publication Dance observer; his introduction to Horst and to Martha Graham; Arch Lauterer and his set designs for such works as Graham's Deaths and entrances; Graham's work Letter to the world as produced at Bennington College; more on Deaths and entrances; Graham's work El penitente; Letter to the world as first performed on tour in Chicago; Graham's work Land be bright; Graham's work Punch and the Judy, including Merce Cunnigham's role as Pegasus; Graham as a person and teacher at Bennington College [gap; continues with discussion of Graham]; the relationships between Graham, Erick [Hawkins] and Horst; more on Lauterer, including his work as a teacher of set design and lighting at Bennington College; his work compared to that of Isamu Noguchi; problems with a set designed by [Alexander] Calder; more on Lauterer, including his refusal to design for the commercial theater in New York City; Krevitsky's attempts to design for Graham [recording is terminated due to subject-matter, at Krevitsky's request].
- Disc 2 (ca. 47 min.), 4/20/04. Krevitsky speaks about Lauterer's set for Punch and the Judy; possible influences on Lauterer of the art of [Edward] Gordon Craig and of Adolphe Appia; Krevitsky's theater and dance experiences while a student at the University of Chicago; working at the WPA [Public?] Theatre in Chicago; his arts training in high school; moving to New York City at Horst's suggestion; teaching at Teachers College; more on Horst; reminiscences regarding his summers at Bennington College, including his recollections with respect to Mary Grant [described as designer of the props for El penitente]; more on Lauterer [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Gift of David Sears.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subject
- Note
- Interview with Nik Krevitsky conducted by David Sears on April 16 and 20, 1984, probably in New York City. It appears that the interview on disc 1 is being conducted at a restaurant, and the recording on this disc is marred by 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 4-1565
- OCLC
- NYPY04-R7
- Author
- Krevitsky, Nik. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Nik Krevitsky [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1984.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1565 nos. 1-2Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1565 nos. 1-2
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Krevitsky, N.
- Added Author
- Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1565