- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately 55 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 31 minutes). Stuart Sebastian speaks with Walter Terry about his background including his early training with Jo [Josephine] Schwartz and choreographing a full-length ballet when he was 15; theater and dance including his interest in theatrical dance; his decision to leave dance to go to college [American University]; his experience at college including his studies and how he is paying for his education; teaching [ends abruptly].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 24 minutes). Stuart Sebastian speaks with Walter Terry about realism in the theater; his thoughts on education in the United States today; the intellectual isolation of most dancers; how his world has broadened since he stopped performing.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Stuart Sebastian conducted by Walter Terry on October 11, 1974.
- Sound quality is good overall. 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-840
- OCLC
- 80088034
- Author
Sebastian, Stuart, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Stuart Sebastian, 1974
- Production
1974
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
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 by Walter Terry 1974, October 11
- 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 55 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3840_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3840_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-840
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-840