- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 15 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Unidentified speaker [possibly Genevieve Oswald] introduces Marcia B. Siegel; Marcia B. Siegel speaks about dance on camera and its uses; Doris Humphrey and her choreography; introduces and comments on the films shown: a circa 1924 film that includes performances of Ted Shawn's Death of Adonis, his Cuadro flamenco, and Humphrey's Hoop dance; a 1934 film of Humphrey's Air for the G string; a 1966 film of Humphrey's Water study; a film showing dancers at Mills College in 1939 and at Bennington College in 1938; a 1972 film of Humphrey's New dance [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 37 minutes). Marcia B. Siegel continues to comment on the film of Doris Humphrey's New dance as it is being shown; Siegel speaks about the (193-) film The modern dance (Humphrey technique) as it is being shown. Closing remarks.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Subjects
- Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
- Motion pictures > The modern dance; Humphrey technique
- Motion pictures > New dance
- Motion pictures > Water study
- Motion pictures > Air for the G string
- Motion pictures > Death of Adonis, Cuadro flamenco, Hoop dance, Scarf dance
- Audiotapes > Humphrey, D
- Sound recordings
- Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
- Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
- Cuadro flamenco (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Death of Adonis (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 > New dance
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Marcia B. Siegel speaks about Doris Humphrey and the films shown in the auditorium of the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts [now the New York Public LIbrary for the Performing Arts] at Lincoln Center as part of a dance film series, on November 7, 1977.
- All of the films shown are in the collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The film including the dances Death of Adonis, Cuadro flamenco, and Hoop dance is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 4-131. The film of Water study is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 6-836. The film of the dancers at Bennington College and Mills College is cataloged under the call number: *MGZIA 4-8008. The film of New dance is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 12-1774. The film The modern dance (Humphrey technique) is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 4-840.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair.
- 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 3-372
- OCLC
- 80636397
- Author
Siegel, Marcia B.
- Title
Doris Humphrey, the other giant:/ Marcia B. Siegel.
- Production
1977
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded at the auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center 1977, November 11 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 one hour and 15 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3372_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3372_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-372
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- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-372