- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes). Walter Terry introduces June Dunbar, teacher and assistant to Martha Hill, director of dance at the Juilliard School, and the subject of the interview: the architectural specifications for dance classrooms and stages. June Dunbar speaks with Walter Terry about the type of floor optimal for dance; the fixtures, dimensions, and ventilation optimal for dance studios and costume storage areas; researching, with Martha Hill, the specifications for the dance facilities for the Juilliard School's new building at Lincoln Center [for the Performing Arts] including visits to other theaters and studios; the features, and dimensions, of an ideal dance theater including (by way of illustration) the dimensional shortcomings of the stage at the Kaufmann Auditorium [Kaufmann Concert Hall], 92nd Street YMHA, New York City; the ideal theater in terms of audience sight lines; theaters-in-the-round as compared to proscenium stages for dance.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with June Dunbar conducted by Walter Terry as host for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance. The recording was made in the 1960s, probably the latter half.
- The sound quality is excellent.
- The processing 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.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-69
- OCLC
- 36936936
- Author
Dunbar, June, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with June Dunbar : architecture, designing for dance.
- Imprint
[196-]
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance 196- New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 25 minutes); acetate; half-track ; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto769_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-69
Former call number: *MGZT 7-69
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-69; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-69; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
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- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-69