Research Catalog
Interview with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
- Title
- Interview with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar [sound recording].
- Author
- Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo.
- Publication
- 2002.
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| Status | 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. | Spoken word recording | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2387 cassette | 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. | Spoken word recording | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2387 transcript | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sommer, Sally R.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.) +
- Summary
- Side A (ca. 45 min.). Jawole Willa Jo Zollar discusses her first experience in dance; segregation; studying with Joseph Stevenson; performing in floor shows; more on her childhood and her love of creating dances; cultural and class issues while growing up; her involvement in social dancing and the relationship of social dancing to jazz dancing; the relationship between traditional jazz dance and the styles performed on Broadway.
- Side B (ca. 45 min.). Jawole Willa Jo Zollar speaks about returning to college as a dance major; dancing with Milton Myer's group Black Exodus; more on the social and political climate she experienced growing up, particularly with respect to race; more on college; including her interest in acting and theatre and her developing ideas in dance; her education and the atmosphere of intellectual inquiry that existed at that time; attending graduate school at Florida State University and getting further involved with radical politics; her growing awareness of and interest in postmodern dance.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar conducted by Sally R. Sommer on March 2, 2002.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2387.
- 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 the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2387
- OCLC
- NYPY06-R21
- Author
- Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2002.
- Funding
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2387
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Social dancing -- United States.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Zollar, J.
- Added Author
- Sommer, Sally R. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2387 [sound cassette]*MGZMT 3-2387 [transcript]