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Interview with Charles Weidman

Title
Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].
Author
Weidman, Charles.
Publication
1971.

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1 sound discAudioSupervised use *MGZTL 4-2535 1 sound discPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • McDonagh, Don.
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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
  • Weidman, Charles > Interviews
  • Graham, Martha
  • Horst, Louis > Influence
  • Humphrey, Doris
  • Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
  • Hawkins, Erick
  • Denishawn Dancers
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 3-2535
Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2535
Source
Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007
Added Author
McDonagh, Don. Interviewer
McDonagh, Don. Donor
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2535 sound disc
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