Research Catalog
Interview with Gertrude Shurr
- Title
- Interview with Gertrude Shurr [sound recording]
- Author
- Shurr, Gertrude.
- Publication
- 1967.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2082 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (30 min.) : analog, mono.
- Summary
- Miss Shurr, dance instructor at the High School of Performing Arts, New York, discusses her memories of Isadora Duncan and Michel Fokine; how she began study at the Denishawn School in New York; a typical class at the Denishawn School; her private lessons with Charles Weidman and technique classes with Doris Humphrey; early experimental work at Denishawn by Humphrey and Weidman; Ruth St. Denis teaching methods; Ted Shawn's teaching methods; working with Humphrey and Weidman after their split with Denishawn.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Oral History Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by Marian Horosko June 27, 1967.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2082
- OCLC
- NYPY737017827-R
- Author
- Shurr, Gertrude. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Gertrude Shurr [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1967.
- Local Note
- Archival original: *MGZTO 5-73; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate, dual track.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2082; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Shurr, G.
- Added Author
- Horosko, Marian. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2082