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Interview-demonstration with Bill Callahan the art of performing.

Title
Interview-demonstration with Bill Callahan [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Author
Callahan, Bill.
Publication
1953.

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter.
  • 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
  • Dance Laboratory.
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 42 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Mr. Callahan, tap and variety dancer then appearing in the musical comedy Two's company, discusses his training and the importance of personal style in commercial dancing; the importance of performing experience; working with Jerome Robbins, choreographer, on Callahan's role in Two's company; the use of ballet technique in tap dancing; variety dancers compared to ballet dancers; the particular problems of performing in the commercial theater; the film medium and tap dancing; the different problems involved in tap dancing on television and before a live audience; the dances to be demonstrated for the audience.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of Walter Terry.
  • New York State Council for the Arts, 2005-2006.
  • Oral History Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewer: Walter Terry.
  • Recorded January 25, 1963. The fourth in the 1952-1953 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, given at the Young Men's - Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council for the Arts, 2005-2006.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-106
OCLC
NYPY737097243-R
Author
Callahan, Bill. Interviewee
Title
Interview-demonstration with Bill Callahan [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Imprint
1953.
Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council for the Arts, 2005-2006.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTO 5-106. Acetate; half track.
Former classmark: *MGZT 5-106.
Local Subject
Musical comedies. Two's company.
Interpretation in dance performance.
Dance technique.
Audiotapes -- Callahan, B.
Added Author
Terry, Walter. Interviewer
92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
Dance Laboratory.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-106 [sound disc]
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