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Interview with Ted Shawn

Title: Interview with Ted Shawn [sound recording].
Author: Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
Publication: 1971.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	1 sound disc	Audio	Supervised use	*MGZTL 4-2533 1 sound disc	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 sound disc (ca. 30 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Disc 1 (ca. 30 min.). Ted Shawn speaks into recorder [no interviewer present] answering specific questions provided by Don McDonagh, about working with Martha Graham; touring in London and Paris in 1922 with the Denishawn company, and anecdotes associated with the company and the tour; Betty Horst's [Louis Horst's wife] accompaniment on the tour, and Louis Horst's role in that arrangement; Graham's emotional state during the tour due to Betty's presence; Graham's early solos outside of the Denishawn company; Shawn's inability to attend Graham's performances due to his own rigorous touring and teaching schedule; Graham's mid-career dances, such as El penitente, Punch and the Judy, Letter to the world, and Shawn's opinion of those dances; his work in creating Jacob's Pillow; his opinion of Graham's dancers; Graham dancing and lecturing at Jacob's Pillow on the subject of image; Graham's role in Denishawn when Shawn was serving in the military; anecdotes about the Denishawn company and the buildings they occupied in L.A., Calif.; difficulty in describing his relationship with Graham, one that spanned over 55 years.

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Note

Ted Shawn's recorded answers to questions provided by Don McDonagh on Sep. 7, 1971.
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 4-2533

OCLC

262558525

Author

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Ted Shawn [sound recording].

Imprint

1971.

Funding

Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Local Note

Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2533

Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2533

Source

Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Added Author

McDonagh, Don. Interviewer

McDonagh, Don. Donor

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2533 sound disc

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