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Interview with Martha Graham [and] speech by Martha Graham before the Association of American Dance Companies
- Title
- Interview with Martha Graham [and] speech by Martha Graham before the Association of American Dance Companies [sound recording].
- Author
- Graham, Martha.
- Publication
- 1966-1967.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-2406 disc | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian.
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 41 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Tracks 1-10 1967 (ca. 9 min). Marian Horosko introduces Martha Graham; Graham speaks about discipline as a central principle, at her school and in life; her preference that her students' previous training be in ballet; viewing movement and clothing in their social context, with reference to a modern dance performance in Indonesia as an example [ends abruptly].
- Tracks 11-28, 1966 (ca. 18 min.). [The following is a summary of the recording played by Horosko of Graham's speech before the Association of American Dance Companies.] Graham speaks about the recognition of the significance of dance in the U.S.; her thoughts regarding a concert at which Andrés Segovia played; reminisces about the persistence required to get paid for dancing in years past; the glory and arrogance one feels as a dancer; anecdotes regarding legislative and other opposition to funding of the arts; her dependence on her audiences; her anger with a critic who stated that there was no place for tragedy in dance; obtaining financial support.
- Tracks 28-41 (ca. 14 min.). The material beginning in the last part of track 28 through track 41 duplicates the material beginning on the last part of track 15 through the first part of track 28.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Martha Graham conducted by Marian Horosko, on Oct. 4, 1967, and the playing by Horosko of a recording of a speech Martha Graham gave at the first meeting of the Association of American Dance Companies at the Warwick Hotel in New York City in 1966. At least part of this speech is separately cataloged in the Library's collection as *MGZT 5-29.
- The sound quality overall is good, but there are occasional extraneous noises, short gaps, and inconsistencies in volume.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2406
- OCLC
- NYPY06-R11
- Author
- Graham, Martha. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Martha Graham [and] speech by Martha Graham before the Association of American Dance Companies [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1966-1967.
- Funding
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
- Local Note
- At least part of Martha Graham's speech before the Association of American Dance Companies is separately cataloged in the Library's collection as *MGZTC 3-2900.Archive original: *MGZTO 7-2406
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Graham, M.
- Added Author
- Horosko, Marian. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2406 [sound disc]*MGZTL 4-2406