- Additional Authors
- Jordan, Pat
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 37 minutes)
- Summary
- The first approximate 5:17 minutes records (in part) a dance class for children (Gem Theater Educational Outreach Dance Workshop; held at the John H. Gregg Community Center in Kansas City, Missouri) taught by Leni Wylliams with percussion accompaniment; this part of the recording also includes (from approximately 1:19 minutes to 2:14 minutes) a brief conversation between a student (Shaniela) and Pat Jordan and brief ambient remarks regarding a slide show; the approximate remaining 31 minutes (from approximately 5:18 minutes to 36:24 minutes) records a conversation between Wylliams and Jordan held inside and on the grounds of the John H. Gregg Community Center; subjects of the conversation include Wylliams' aspirations for the class and the students; some positive changes he has seen in the students, why teaching this class also benefits him, the problems these children face and how he has tried to mitigate them through teaching at the Community Center; Jordan's priorities with respect to the Community Center; Chuck Davis and how he introduced Wylliams to dance including an anecdote about their first encounter; the tremendous beneficial influence Davis has had on his life; Davis' charisma and facility for enabling audiences to feel the magic of dance; how impressed Jordan was upon seeing Wylliams perform.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- The first approximate 5 minutes of the recording contains part of a dance class for children (Gem Theater Educational Outreach Dance Workshop) taught by Leni Wylliams, with percussion accompaniment, in the summer of 1995, and includes a brief conversation between a student (Shaniela) and Pat Jordan. The class consists of approximately 25 students (8 to 13 years old) and was held at the John H. Gregg Community Center in Kansas City, Missouri, an educational outreach site of the Gem Theater Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Inc. The remaining part of the recording (approximate 31 minutes) contains a conversation between Wylliams and Jordan held inside and on the grounds of the John H. Gregg Community Center.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss" and ambient noise. However, for the most part, the speakers are easily intelligible. Leni Wylliams' voice is clearer than that of Pat Jordan's.
- The audio recording of this interview can be made available at the Library for the Performing Arts by advanced request to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, dance@nypl.org.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Source (note)
- Pat Jordan and Ray Steehler
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-2304
- OCLC
- 1424866078
- Author
Wylliams, Leni, 1961-1996.
- Title
Leni Wylliams and the Gem Theater Educational Outreach Dance Workshop: Conversation between Leni Wylliams and Pat Jordan
- Imprint
1995
- Playing Time
003700
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
Audio file
- Event
Recorded at the John H. Gregg Community Center Summer,1995 Kansas City, Missouri.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Jordan, Pat
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-2304