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Interview with Danny Uziel

Title
Interview with Danny Uziel [sound recording].
Author
Uziel, Danny.
Publication
2005.

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discs 3-4AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2412 discs 3-4Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional Authors
  • Ingber, Judith Brin.
  • Goodman, Ruth.
Description
4 sound discs (ca. 119 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • Disc 1 (ca. 32 min.). Danny Uziel discusses his childhood and background in Israel; his first experiences with folk dance; the folk dance groups with which he became involved and the people with whom he worked, including Gurit Kadman, Yoav Ashriel and Yonaton Karmon.
  • Disc 2 (ca. 32 min.). Uziel speaks about creating his first dance; working with Fred Berk at the 92nd Street Y; leaving and returning to his work at the Y; how he remains current with Israeli dance; history of the Daliah [Daliyah] and his memories of attending in various years.
  • Disc 3 (ca. 32 min.). Uziel recounts his experiences at Daliah 1951; the creation of a new folk dance festival in 1988; the prolific spread of Israeli dances around the world; his favorite choreographers; the Israeli Dance Institute; combining of the magazines Nirkoda and Rokdim to become an international publication.
  • Disc 4 (ca. 23 min.). Uziel speaks about the maintaining of Jewish and Israeli identity through folk dance; teaching children; folk dance as a mirror of society; the large repertory of dances that he knows and teaches; fitting repertory to suit the various groups that he teaches.
Donor/Sponsor
New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  • Uziel, Danny
  • Kadman, Gurit
  • Ashriel, Yoav
  • Karmon, Yonaton
  • Berk, Fred, 1911-1980
  • 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
  • Folk dancing
  • Dance festivals > Israel
  • Folk dancing > Study and teaching
  • Jews > Identity
  • Israelis > Ethnic identity
  • Jews > Attitudes toward Israel
  • Israel
  • Daliyah (Israel)
Note
  • Interview with Danny Uziel conducted by Judith Brin Ingber at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on Nov. 5, 2005.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2412.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2412
OCLC
NYPY06-R20
Author
Uziel, Danny. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Danny Uziel [sound recording].
Imprint
2005.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.
Local Note
Judith Brin Ingber, Ruth Goodman, and Danny Uziel assisted in the editing of the transcript. An unedited version of the interview is available by listening to the recorded interview, which can be requested using the New York Public Library classmark *MGZTL 4-2412.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Uziel, D.
Added Author
Ingber, Judith Brin. Interviewer
Goodman, Ruth. Editor
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2412 [sound disc]
*MGZMT 3-2412 [transcript]
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