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Interview with Twyla Tharp

Title
Interview with Twyla Tharp [sound recording].
Author
Tharp, Twyla.
Publication
1974.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZTL 4-2487Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • McDonagh, Don.
  • Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation. fnd
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 47 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Twyla Tharp speaks with Don McDonagh about the schedule for her company [Twyla Tharp and Dancers] from February through August, including a television project and performances in London, England; her frustration that she is not currently dancing; filming her works, including her ideas for filming The one-hundreds; performing in Minneapolis; the characteristics of certain dancers in her company, including Rose-Marie Wright, Isabel Garcia-Lorca, Sara Rudner, Kenneth Rinker, and Tom Rawe; certain economic aspects of maintaining a company; her new work In the beginnings; more on her physical condition; the time-consumed in managing the company; the costumes for various works including In the beginnings, Eight jelly rolls, The fugue, and The bix pieces; the lighting designer, Jennifer Tipton.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral history archive.
Subject
  • Tharp, Twyla
  • One-hundreds (Choreographic work : Tharp)
  • Dance companies > Administration
  • Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
Note
  • Interview with Twyla Tharp conducted by Don McDonagh on Feb. 18, 1974, in New York City.
  • Sound quality is fair to good overall. There are several short gaps.
  • Open as of August 22, 2012.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded with a gift from the Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation.
Source (note)
  • Don McDonagh.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2487
OCLC
261135368
Author
Tharp, Twyla. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Twyla Tharp [sound recording].
Imprint
1974.
Funding
Preservation was funded with a gift from the Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation.
Local Note
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2487
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2487
Source
Gift; Don McDonagh. NN-PD
Local Subject
Twyla Tharp and Dancers.
Audiotapes -- Tharp, T.
Added Author
McDonagh, Don. Interviewer
Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation. Funder
McDonagh, Don. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2487 [sound disc]
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