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Interview with Bella Lewitzky

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Additional Authors

Siegel, Marcia B.

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.)

Summary

Side A, part 1 (ca. 28 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Bella Lewitzky speaks about the communal lifestyle of Lester Horton and his students due to their lack of money; his method of teaching technique; working with Horton as he created dances on her; Horton's interest in Oscar Wilde's play Salomé; his incorporation of elements of Native American culture in his work; his use of percussion instruments from around the world; the influence of Lewitzky's political and social philosophy on her working methods; her relationship with her dancers; the work of Susan Rose, a former student; her thoughts on the word utopian, as related to dance and in general. [Interview is concluded; following a short gap, part 2 of the interview begins. As stated above, part 2 is in fact the first half of the interview.]
Side A, part 2 (ca. 27 min.). Lewitzky speaks about Llano del Rio [the utopian socialist community in Calif. where she was born]; her parents, in particular their political beliefs and activities and reasons for moving to Llano del Rio; their personalities and concerns; their support of her dancing; her background with respect to religion, including her first and subsequent experiences of anti-Semitism.

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Note

Interview Bella Lewitzky conducted by Marcia B. Siegel on Aug. 11, 1988.
Sound quality is good, but the recording is marred by occasional gaps and extraneous noise.
The interview is out of sequence. Part 2 is, in fact, the first half, and part 1 is the second half.

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 3-2285

OCLC

NYPY04-R53

Author

Lewitzky, Bella. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Bella Lewitzky [sound recording]

Imprint

1988.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Archival original: *MGZTCO 3-2285

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2285

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Lewitzky, B.

Added Author

Siegel, Marcia B. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2285