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New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques.

Title: New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques. Oct. 19, 1974 [sound recording].
Author: Mann, Sara Shelton.
Publication: 1974.

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1 sound cassette (ca. 56 min.)

Summary

Side A (ca. 51 min.). Sara Shelton speaks about her work Geode (ca. 11 min.); Phoebe Neville and Edward Spena each speak about Neville's work Untitled duet, followed by movement demonstrations (ca. 11 min.); Gus Solomons, Jr. speaks about his work Chapter one (ca. 3 min.); Douglas Dunn speaks about his work, titled Hubbahubba and the boohoos (the second part of Octopus, the work performed earlier) followed by a movement demonstration. His talk is interrupted twice by the audience's singing of Happy Birthday to him and ends with their shouting and laughter as they throw balls at the stage (ca. 7 min.). Question and answer period with the audience moderated by Solomons; topics include audience expectations as to what dance is (ends abruptly; ca. 19 min.).

Donor/Sponsor

New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive.
New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series.

Subjects

Note

Recording of lecture-demonstrations given by Sara Shelton, Phoebe Neville, Gus Solomons, Jr., and Douglas Dunn at The New School for Social Research in New York City on Oct. 19, 1974. This group of lecture-demonstrations is the second of four that were held between Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, 1974, part of the ChoreoConcerts and critiques series of lecture-demonstrations performed at The New School and sponsored by the Choreographers Theatre. Shelton, Neville, Solomons, and Dunn speak about about their respective works, commissioned for and performed at the program, including movement demonstrations. The talks are followed by a question and answer period with the audience.
The sound quality of the speaker overall is fair to good. The sound quality of the questions from the audience is poor.
Side B (ca. 5 min.). Continuation of question and answer period with the audience.

Funding (note)

Preservation was funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Biography (note)

The New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series performances of Oct. 12, 1974 and Oct. 19, 1974 are reviewed in Rose Ann Thom's article Three Events: ChoreoConcerts and critiques, in Dance magazine, Dec. 1974, p. 81, 83.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1404 no. 12

OCLC

212372999

Author

Mann, Sara Shelton. Speaker

Title

New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques. Oct. 19, 1974 [sound recording].

Imprint

1974.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Biography

The New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series performances of Oct. 12, 1974 and Oct. 19, 1974 are reviewed in Rose Ann Thom's article Three Events: ChoreoConcerts and critiques, in Dance magazine, Dec. 1974, p. 81, 83.

Local Note

Other recordings from or relating to the New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series are cataloged under the call number *MGZTC 3-1404.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1404 no. 12

Archive original: *MGZTO 7-1404 no. 12

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Mann, S.

Audiotapes -- Neville, P.

Audiotapes -- Solomons, G.

Audiotapes -- Dunn, D.

Audiotapes -- Spena, E.

Added Author

Spena, Edward. Speaker

Neville, Phoebe. Speaker

Solomons, Gus, Jr., 1938-2023 speaker.

Dunn, Douglas, 1942- Speaker

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)

Dance Audio Archive.

New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series.

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1404 no. 12 [sound cassette]

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