Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Alberto Del Saz on reconstructing the work of Alwin Nikolais, 1996.

Author

Del Saz, Alberto

Publication

1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gibilisco, Kimberly J.

Description

9 leaves; 28 cm.

Summary

Alberto Del Saz, also known as Tito, speaks with Kimberly Gibilisco about his responsibilities as the Rehearsal Director and Coordinator and Co-reconstruction Coordinator for the Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company; the challenges of reconstruction including his experiences with Alwin Nikolais's works Tent and Imago; how original casts have responded upon seeing performances of reconstructed works; Del Saz's relationship with Nikolais especially during Nikolais's final illness; the documentation and preservation of Nikolais's life work including Nikolais's choreography and pedagogy; teaching Nikolais's technique; Del Saz's relationship with Murray Louis.

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

• Del Saz, Alberto
• Nikolais, Alwin
• Louis, Murray
• Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company
• Imago (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
• Tent (Choreographic work : Nikolais)

Note

• Transcript of interview with Alberto Del Saz conducted and recorded by Kimberly Gibilisco on December 1, 1996 in New York City. The transcript includes a biographical note (author not identified) on Del Saz, prefaced with a quotation from The New York Times referring to Del Saz.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• For audio recording of this interview see: Interview with Alberto del Saz, December 1, 1996.
• The transcript was a gift to the Library and may contain misspellings, mistranscriptions, and typographical errors.

Access (note)

• Interview is open to be read. Permission required from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for citation or quotation.
• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Source (note)

• Gift;

Call Number

*MGZMT 3-2985

OCLC

841487978

Author

Del Saz, Alberto, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Alberto Del Saz on reconstructing the work of Alwin Nikolais, 1996.

Production

1996.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Interview is open to be read. Permission required from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for citation or quotation.

Event

Recorded by Kimberly J. Gibilisco 1996 December 1 New York, New York

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Added Author

Gibilisco, Kimberly J., interviewer.

Kimberly J. Gibilisco, donor 1997

Research Call Number

*MGZMT 3-2985