Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Emily Coleman and Anatole Chujoy ; interview with Donald McKayle, 1963.

Author

Coleman, Emily

Publication

1963

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chujoy, Anatole, 1894-1969
• McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
• Horosko, Marian

Description

1 sound disc (approximately 31 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Tracks 1-5 (approximately 17 minutes). [Music followed by introductory remarks by unidentified male.] Marian Horosko, as host, speaks with Emily Coleman and Anatole Chujoy about the annual Dance Magazine award including the purpose of the award; the process of selecting the recipients; the award ceremony; Ben Sommers; past recipients including Barbara Karinska; Zachary Solov; Lincoln Kirstein; and Louis Horst; Donald McKayle, the current year's recipient; the greatly improved state of dance in the United States today; Chujoy tells an anecdote about George Balanchine and Leonid Lavrovsky [Leonid Mikhaĭlovich Lavrovskiĭ].
• Tracks 6-9 (approximately 14 minutes). Marian Horosko, as host, introduces her guest, Donald McKayle and plays a recording of music [traditional prison songs of the American South arranged by Robert de Cormier and Milt Okun] from the opening sequence of McKayle's work Rainbow 'round my shoulder; McKayle speaks with Horosko about his dance training and his career as a performer and choreographer including an anecdote about his mother and his first work Games; an early failure followed by success and the formation of his company [Donald McKayle and Company]; [music and Horosko's closing remarks].

Uniform Title

World of Dance (Radio program)

Subjects

• McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018 > Interviews
• Audiotapes > McKayle, D
• Audiotapes > Chujoy, A
• Donald McKayle and Company
• Chujoy, Anatole, 1894-1969 > Interviews
• Coleman, Emily > Interviews
• Audiotapes > Coleman, E

Note

• Interview with Emily Coleman and Anatole Chujoy and interview with Donald McKayle, conducted by Marian Horosko at the Russian Tea Room [restaurant] in New York City, as host for the series, World of Dance, on radio station WNYC-FM, New York, on or for broadcast on March 17, 1963.
• Sound quality is fair. The volume of the recording is often soft but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Funding (note)

• The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2955

OCLC

884352049

Author

Coleman, Emily, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Emily Coleman and Anatole Chujoy ; interview with Donald McKayle, 1963.

Production

1963

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded for WNYC-FM, New York 1963 New York (N.Y.)

Original Version

Original format: one sound reel (approximately 31 minutes); 7 inches; 7.5 ips., mono; full-track originally recorded for WNYC-FM radio station in New York City, in 1963; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Funding

The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Added Author

Chujoy, Anatole, 1894-1969, interviewee.

McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, interviewee.

Horosko, Marian, host.

Added Title

World of Dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2955