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Interview with Myra Kinch: Modern dance
- Title
- Interview with Myra Kinch: Modern dance [sound recording].
- Author
- Kinch, Myra.
- Publication
- [195u?]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-272 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter.
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 63 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- [Begins abruptly]. Walter Terry speaks in general terms about modern dance and technique as an introduction to his interview with Myra Kinch; Kinch speaks about the basic purpose of modern dance; the torso as the source of movement and the use of breath rhythm in modern dance; the elements of modern dance including rhythm and dynamics; teaching students about the use of space; various aspects of the element of design; the relationship of music and movement in modern dance; the use of decor; pantomime as contrasted with gesture; classroom exercises; the value of studying composition; the non-standard movement vocabulary of modern dance; movement principles used in the various modern dance techniques including those of Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, and Doris Humphrey; the principle of resistance; the use of the torso; facial expressions; more on the torso as the center of movement.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Myra Kinch conducted by Walter Terry, possibly in the 1950s. The circumstances of the interview are not identified.
- Sound quality is fair. There is some distortion in the sound due to deterioration in the original recording; however, for the most part, the speakers are easily intelligible.
- Side 1 contains a recording of an interview with La Meri on Hindu dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-272 disc 2
- OCLC
- 82619027
- Author
- Kinch, Myra. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Myra Kinch: Modern dance [sound recording].
- Imprint
- [195u?]
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound reel, side 2 (ca. 63 min.; 3.75 in. per sec.; acetate; 7"; half-track; originally recorded in the 1950s and no later than 1958? transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2012. Side 2 contains the interview with Myra Kinch; side 2 contains an interview with La Meri.
- Local Note
- Former classmark: *MGZT 7-272 Side 2
- Added Author
- Terry, Walter. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-272 disc 2