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Interview with Klarna Pinska

Title
Interview with Klarna Pinska [sound recording].
Author
Pinska, Klarna.
Publication
1978.

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Klarna Pinska papers,1919-1986.
Description
2 sound discs (ca. 75 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Disc 1 (ca. 63 min.). Klarna Pinska reminisces about her career, focusing on her work in connection with the Federal Dance Theatre of the Works Progress Administration. Topics include Ruth St. Denis, Pinska's political activities, her economic circumstances, her activities during World War II, including her training as a welder, and her staging of the Spirit of Denishawn [a film of a group of dances, including Pinska's dance Spirit of Denishawn, as performed by the Joyce Trisler Danscompany at the Riverside Church in New York City; cataloged in the Library's collection as *MGZIC 9-695]. She also speaks briefly about various dancers, choreographers, and others connected with the dance world, including Don Oscar Becque, Jerome Robbins, Charles Weidman, John Martin, Agnes de Mille, Doris Humphrey, Helen Tamiris, Louis Horst, and Joyce Trisler. At the beginning of the recording and again in the course of the interview, Pinska also looks at photographs of various dancers and choreographers, while commenting on them.
  • Disc 2 (ca. 12 min.). Klarna Pinska continues to speak about her career, mainly about Joyce Trisler and Pinska's staging of Spirit of Denishawn.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Oral History Archive.
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Alternative Title
Klarna Pinska papers,1919-1986. Audio materials.
Subject
  • Pinska, Klarna
  • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
  • Federal Dance Project Federal Dance Theatre
  • United States. Works Progress Administration
  • Spirit of Denishawn (Choreographic work : Pinska)
  • Dance > Economic aspects
  • Dance > Political aspects
  • Federal aid to dance
Note
  • Interview with Klarna Pinska conducted at Pinska's home in San Francisco, on Feb. 24, 1978. The interviewer identifies herself at the beginning of the recording, but her name is not intelligible.
  • The sound quality is fair.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Separated from: Klarna Pinska papers,1919-1986., (S) *MGZMD 141.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-1727
OCLC
NYPY06-R36
Author
Pinska, Klarna. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Klarna Pinska [sound recording].
Imprint
1978.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Linking Entry
Separated from: Klarna Pinska papers,1919-1986., (S) *MGZMD 141.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1727 nos. 1-2
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1727 nos. 1-2
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1727 nos. 1-2
Additional listener copies: *MGZTC 3-1727 nos. 1-2
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Pinska, K.
Added Title
Klarna Pinska papers,1919-1986. Audio materials.
Found In:
Klarna Pinska papers,1919-1986.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-1727 [sound disc]
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