Research Catalog

Title

The dance in the political storms of our time [sound recording] / Lilian Karina.

Author

Karina, Lilian.

Publication

1993.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sparti, Barbara.
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
• Congress on Research in Dance. Conference (1993 : New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
• Society of Dance History Scholars. Conference (1993 : New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 64 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Barbara Sparti introduces the speaker, Lilian Karina. Karina speaks, occasionally using slides of documents and photographs to illustrate her lecture, about her research regarding modern dance in Germany during the National Socialist period, including her documentary sources, the extensive correspondence between Mary Wigman, [Gret] Palucca, and Rudolf von Laban with the staff of Joseph Goebbels; sources of modern dance in Germany, including nationalism, military traditions, nature-worship, and mysticism; the relationship between certain dance schools and racism and antisemitism, including the Duncan school [Die Elizabeth Duncan-Schule]; Laban's correspondence with Goebbels shortly after the National Socialists came to power; the voluntary demonstration of antisemitic policies by various dance schools before they became legally-required; more on Laban and his relationship with Goebbels and the National Socialist government; the denunciation by Wigman's school of a dance critic as non-Aryan; Gret Palucca's relationship with the National Socialist government; more on the willing demonstration of antisemitism by leading choreographers and dancers; the aesthetic values and styles approved and encouraged by the National Socialists; topics and art movements that were the object of censorship, including Expressionism, Cubism, and Dadaism; the dancers Valeska Gert and Anita Berber; other prohibited topics in art and dance [gap]; more on prohibited topics, from homosexuality to Labonotation; the end of World War II and the inflow of various dance types from the U.S.; Karina's hopes regarding her contribution to history. The last ca. 11 min. of the recording (from ca. 54 min. to ca. 64 min.) consists of questions from the audience to Karina, and her responses. The sound quality of the questions is poor. Topics include Mary Wigman's relationship with the National Socialists, and Valeska Gert.

Donor/Sponsor

• New York State Council for the Arts, 2006-2007.
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
• Oral History Archive.

Subject

• Karina, Lilian
• Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958
• Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
• Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993
• Dance > Political aspects
• National socialism and dance
• Antisemitism
• Racism and the arts
• Arts > Censorship
• Modern dance > Germany > History
• Dance > Censorship > Germany > 20th century

Note

• Recording of a lecture by Lilian Karina titled The Dance in the Political Storms of Our Time given at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center in New York City, on June 12, 1993. Barbara Sparti is the moderator. The lecture was part of a three-day joint conference of The Congress on Research in Dance and The Society of Dance History Scholars, titled "Of, by, and for the people," hosted by the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, on June 11-13, 1993. Karina co-authored, with Marion Kant, a book on the subject of her lecture: Hitler's dancers: German modern dance and the Third Reich; translated by Jonathan Steinberg (c. 2003), cataloged in the Library's collection under the call number *MGRL 02-1119.
• Sound quality is very good except for that of questions from the audience, which is poor.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1801

OCLC

85447821

Author

Karina, Lilian. Speaker

Title

The dance in the political storms of our time [sound recording] / Lilian Karina.

Imprint

1993.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Local Note

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1801

Preservation master: 2 sound files (ca. 64 min.) : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit; danmgztco31801p1, danmgztco31801p2; on AIT-2 tape dated 12/04/06, copied by Chicago Audio Works, 11/ 2006; located in the Rose Building workroom as of 04/28/09. When space becomes available in Princeton ReCAP or an alternative off-site storage area, the LTO and AIT master tapes are to be moved to such location.

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1801.

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Karina, L.

Audiotapes -- Sparti, B.

Added Author

Sparti, Barbara. Moderator

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Congress on Research in Dance. Conference (1993 : New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

Society of Dance History Scholars. Conference (1993 : New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

pd Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498 DAN/DGC

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1801 [sound disc]