- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 35 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 35 minutes).Ted Shawn speaks about why he plans the programs for the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival tour to include ballet, modern and ethnic dance; and comments on the specific dances (performed on tour) that will appear in the film to be aired following his remarks: Shawn's dance Mevlevi dervish, Richard and Flora Stuart's dance Bolero of the capes, Myra Kinch's dances The troubled mind and The bird watcher, and an excerpt from Leonide Massine's Beau Danube. The latter part of the recording (from approximately 13:30 minutes to the end) consists of music from the film.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- The recording contains Ted Shawn's remarks (recorded at Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Massachusetts, in 1952?) on the content of the programs of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival tour, and on the specific dances (performed on tour), as seen in the film to be aired following his remarks. A film entitled Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival tour, which appears to be the film discussed in the recording, is in the Library's collection under the call number *MGZIDVD 5-7924.
- The sound quality is poor. The recording is marred by distortion due to damage to the original recording. However, the speaker's remarks are intelligible.
- The processing 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.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-619
- OCLC
- 78867954
- Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
- Title
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection.
- Imprint
[1952?]
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 1952? Lee (Mass.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 35 minutes); half-track; 3.75 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7619_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-619
Former call number: *MGZT 7-619
- Local Note
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-619.
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- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-619