- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 57 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 57 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by Oscar Buhler]. John Gruen, as host, introduces Ruth Currier; Gruen and Ruth Currier speak about her position as artistic director of the José Limón Dance Company; working with the José Limón and Doris Humphrey, including their respective choreographic processes [a recording of music by Alexander Scriabin used in Currier's new work Storm warning is played]; the influence of Limón and Humphrey on her as a dancer and choreographer; her work Storm warning; Fred Matthews' new work Solaris; the various productions of Limón's The moor's pavane [a recording of the music by Johann Sebastian Bach used in Doris Humphrey's Air for the G string is played]; Gruen and Currier speak about Air for the G string and Doris Humphrey; Gruen's closing remarks.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio programs.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Ruth Currier conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on March 29, 1976 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good overall.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-323 Side B
- OCLC
- 968348508
- Author
Currier, Ruth, 1926-2011, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Ruth Currier, 1976.
- Production
1976
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by WNCN-FM, New York 1976, March 29 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The conservation 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.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 57 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3323_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-323 Side B
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-323 Side B