2 streaming audio files (approximately 49 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 36 minutes). Doris Humphrey discusses aspects of projection in performance including the use of the face; the kinds of subjects suitable (or not suitable) for making dances; her background and early training; the Denishawn School [of Dancing]; the Denishawn Dancers; Ruth St. Denis and her influence on Humphrey; careers in dance at the height of the Denishawn era as compared with careers in dance at the current time; an anecdote about forming a small vaudeville troupe upon finding herself unemployed and stranded in Little Rock (Ark.); the lessons vaudeville taught her; a performance anecdote about her work Soaring; career paths (and pitfalls) for young modern dancers today, in the United States including the importance of collaboration and regional differences in audiences [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 13 minutes). Doris Humphrey continues to speak about career paths (and pitfalls) for young modern dancers today, in the United States, including the pursuit of a career in teaching, especially outside of New York; the fragmentation of the dance community including a substantial contribution to the discussion from Martha Hill.
Question and answer period following a lecture given by Doris Humphrey on November 7, 1956 at the Juilliard School of Music, New York City, for the National Educational Television program, Pioneers of modern dance. Martha Hill makes a substantial contribution to the discussion near the end of the recording.
The sound quality is good with respect to Doris Humphrey and Martha Hill. The questions are inaudible in streaming audio file 1, but their content can be inferred for the most part from Humphrey's responses.
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.
Author
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
Title
Lecture by Doris Humphrey : Question and answer period, 1956.
Imprint
1956.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded at the Juilliard School for the National Educational Television program, Pioneers of modern dance 1956, November 7 New York (N.Y.)
Original version
Original format: (archival original: *MGZTO 7-16, reels 1-2): two sound reels (approximately 49 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto716_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto716_v02f01_sc. Not to be confused with *MGZTO 5-16, which contains an unrelated recording.
Original format: (additional archival original: *MGZTO 5-2267): two sound reels (approximately 48 minutes); polyester; half-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto52267_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto52267_v02f01_sc.