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Interview with Richard Boone
- Title
- Interview with Richard Boone [sound recording].
- Author
- Boone, Richard.
- Publication
- 1972.
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| Status | Vol/Date | 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. | part 2 | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZTL 4-2561 part 2 | 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. | part 1, two discs in one case | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZTL 4-2561 part 1, two discs in one case | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Description
- 3 sound discs (ca. 75 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Part 1, disc 1 (ca. 31 min.). Richard Boone speaks with Don McDonagh about seeing Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse; taking classes with Graham as a G.I.; being thrilled by the energy in Graham's classes; Graham's explanations of body movement and expression; typical classes given by Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse; Graham's physical attributes, and her lack of traditional beauty; Graham's reverance for Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn; Louis Horst, and his influence on Graham; Graham's classes, and the influence they had on him; Primitive mysteries, and the way that Graham was unburdening herself of early dances; his belief that Graham's early works were unbalanced; not being close to Graham socially.
- Part 1, disc 2 (ca. 31 min.). Richard Boone speaks with Don McDonagh about Erick Hawkins, and his balletic training; Hawkins' difficulty in learning the Graham technique; his belief that Hawkins was not a creative force in Graham's company; his opinion of Hawkins as a person; Graham's teaching techniques; the difference between the classes given to actors and those given to dancers at the Neighborhood Playhouse; audience response to Graham at the time; Graham's understanding of young, unformed talent; Louis Horst's knowledge of contemporary ideas; Graham's mental state in the 1960s and 1970s; Graham's problems with alcohol abuse; Graham's reclusivity; Graham's organic quality when he knew her, including vegetarianism and athleticism; Graham's teachings of instinct and moving from the core.
- Part 2 (ca. 13 min.). Richard Boone speaks with Don McDonagh about the ways in which Martha Graham would examine the body; Graham's esoteric qualities; Marjorie Mazia, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, and their role at the Neighborhood Playhouse; classes given by Mazia [abrupt end].
- Subject
- Note
- Interview with Richard Boone conducted by Don McDonagh on Feb. 2, 1972.
- Each disc ends abruptly; disc 3 has poor sound quality.
- Open as of August 22, 2012.
- Funding (note)
- Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Don McDonagh;
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2561
- OCLC
- 262557879
- Author
- Boone, Richard. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Richard Boone [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1972.
- Funding
- Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Local Note
- Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2561, nos. 1-2Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2561, nos. 1-3
- Source
- Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007
- Added Author
- McDonagh, Don. DonorDoris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2561 sound disc