1 streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes). [Applause]. Agnes de Mille's acceptance speech including her gratitude for having been able to bring dance to a wider audience through television [her two specials, in 1956, for the Omnibus TV series]; (introduction of Paul G. Hoffman); Paul G. Hoffman's speech including Martha Graham's role as a cultural ambassador (introduction of Katharine Cornell); Katharine Cornell's brief remarks and presentation of the award to Martha Graham; Martha Graham's acceptance speech including her recent tours to Asia; the nature of communication and dance as communication (closing remarks).
Ceremony for the presentation of the 1956 Dance Magazine awards, recorded on February 19, 1957, and broadcast by radio station WNYC-FM on its series Today in ballet. Speakers include Agnes de Mille (award recipient), Paul G. Hoffman, Katharine Cornell, and Martha Graham (award recipient). The unidentified female speaker who introduces Paul G. Hoffman, Katharine Cornell, and Martha Graham may be Jean Gordon.
The sound quality is very good.
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.
Title
Dance magazine awards, 1956 : Martha Graham and Agnes De Mille.
Imprint
1957.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Broadcast by WNYC-FM February 19, 1957 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); Mylar; half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto75_v01f01_sc.
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-5
Former call number: *MGZT 7-5
Local note
Archival Original: *MGZTO 7-5. 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 7 in. reel; Mylar, half track. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing Master: *MGZTD 10-5. 7 1/2 in per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester, half track.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance