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Interview with Ted Shawn on dance and therapy.

Title
Interview with Ted Shawn on dance and therapy.
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Publication
1967.

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Details

Additional Authors
Terry, Walter
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes). [Music and introduction by unidentified speaker of program and host, Walter Terry.] Walter Terry introduces the program and Ted Shawn. Ted Shawn speaks about his work with people suffering from physical illnesses and with athletes, with special emphasis on the relationship of rhythm and movement. He also speaks about dance as psychological-emotional therapy including his dance performances at state mental institutions and his work, under the supervision of psychiatrists, with emotionally disturbed individuals; the use of even as opposed to syncopated rhythms. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker and music.]
Donor/Sponsor
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
  • Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
Uniform Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Ted Shawn on dance and therapy, conducted by Walter Terry as host for radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance; broadcast on April 2, 1967.
  • 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 7-67
OCLC
36936952
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Ted Shawn on dance and therapy.
Imprint
1967.
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 April 2, 1967 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 26 minutes); acetate; full-track ; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto767_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-67
Former call number: *MGZT 7-67
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-67; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-67; 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 7-67
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