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Interview with Ted Shawn
- Title
- Interview with Ted Shawn, 1965.
- Author
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
- Publication
- 1965
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dougherty, John, 1910-1988
- Description
- 1 sound disc (approximately one hour and two minutes.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- John Dougherty asks Ted Shawn to comment on the dance-dramas of Ruth St. Denis, with reference to the materials Dougherty has collected. Shawn speaks about The Buddha and the courtesan including when and where it was performed and where photos of it may be found; Bazaar scene and nautch including that it had many versions; St. Denis's work Egypta; Shawn's and St. Denis's work The garden of Kama including the origins of the story, the photographing of the work, and the sets; Shawn's and St. Denis's work The idol of Radha and Krishna [Krisha and Radha] including its production at Denishawn School, Westlake Park, Los Angeles, and later versions; St. Denis's work The lamp including a performance anecdote about the lighting; Ruth St. Denis's solo Mother India and its later version with additional dancers; Shawn's work Ourieda, the romance of a desert dancing girl; Shawn's and St. Denis' work Vision of the Aissoua including its origins; Maud Allan's [Vision of] Salomé as performed by Ruth St. Denis including Shawn's view that it is not in itself a dance-drama; Shawn's work Song of songs including the libretto and the costumes; its first production, at Jacob's Pillow [in 1951]; what constitutes a dance-drama; St. Denis's Ishtar of the seven gates.
- Subjects
- Lamp (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
- Song of songs (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Vision of the Aissoua (Choreographic work : St. Denis and Shawn)
- Audiotapes > Shawn, T
- Krishna and Radha (Choreographic work : St Denis and Shawn)
- St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
- Vision of Salomé (Choreographic work : Allan)
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 > Interviews
- Garden of Kama (Choreographic work : St Denis and Shawn)
- Ourieda (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Denishawn Dancers
- Ishtar of the seven gates (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
- Note
- Interview conducted by John Dougherty with Ted Shawn about the dance-dramas of Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and the Denishawn Dancers, on February 25, 1965. The location of the interview is not identified.
- Sound quality is fair. The volume is low at times but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible. There are occasional short gaps.
- 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 4-2965
- OCLC
- 885198878
- Author
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Ted Shawn, 1965.
- Production
- 1965
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded byJohn Dougherty 1965
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound reel (approximately one hour and two minutes); 1 7/8 ips.; 7"; quarter track; originally recorded in 1965; 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
- Dougherty, John, 1910-1988, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2965