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Interview with Charles Weidman
- Title
- Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].
- Author
- Weidman, Charles.
- Publication
- 1971.
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 4-2535 1 sound disc | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 59 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 31 min.). Charles Weidman speaks with Don McDonagh about working with Ted Shawn; Martha Graham and reviews of her dances; anecdotes about Grahams' tantrums; Graham's mother and her maid, Lizzie; Graham's role in supporting her mother and her sisters after the death of her father; his father's support of his dancing; dancing at Radio City Music Hall with Graham; dances in the form of vaudeville acts; the evolution of Graham's style; the difference between Graham and Doris Humphrey; Graham's emhasis on breath work and release techniques; Graham's attitude toward ballet; Graham favoring heavy, earthy movements; the change in Graham's work after the arrival of Erick Hawkins, and Graham's attitude toward ballet after meeting Hawkins; Graham and Hawkins' relationship; the use of musical accompaniment with the dances; the change in state legislature in N.Y. allowing dance and theater on Sundays; difficulties in preparing dances and choreography; issues surrounding staging dances and the associated costs; modern dancers resistance to working together, unlike balletic companies; Louis Horst's influence on Graham; Ruth St. Denis' interest in Christian Science, and Graham's interest by association; Ted Shawn and the revival of Denishawn dances at Jacob's Pillow; his belief that dance institutions have improved since Graham's time; teaching in universities across the U.S., and the presence of dance majors at universities; attitude toward Ted Shawn [abrupt end].
- Subject
- Note
- Interview with Charles Weidman conducted by Don McDonagh on June 29, 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 4-2535
- OCLC
- 262558252
- Author
- Weidman, Charles. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1971.
- Funding
- Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Local Note
- Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2535Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2535
- Source
- Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007
- Added Author
- McDonagh, Don. InterviewerMcDonagh, Don. DonorDoris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2535 sound disc