Two streaming audio files (approximately 54 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 31 minutes). Hanya Holm speaks with Theodora Wiesner about her teaching career in the United States beginning with the school created under the auspices of Sol Hurok; performing lecture-demonstrations on the so-called gymnasium circuit; the Bennington College Summer School of the Dance; teaching at Colorado College; the students; her work in musical comedies; [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
Streaming audio file 2 (23 minutes). Hanya Holm continues to speak about her work in musical comedy; her work in opera and on the film, The vagabond king (1956); the problem with too much emphasis on technique; the principles behind her teaching and what she looks for in her students.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Interview with Hanya Holm conducted by Theodora Wiesner on November 16, 1977, at Holm's home in New York (N.Y.) for the oral history archives of the National Dance Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
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.
Source (note)
American Alliance of of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Author
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Hanya Holm , 1977
Production
1977
Type of content
spoken word
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
audio
Type of carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Restricted access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded byTheodora Wiesner 1977, November 16 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 54 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: (myd_mgztco3600_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3600_v01f02_sc).
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-600
Source
Gift American Alliance of of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance