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Interview with William Bales and Jane Dudley.

Title
  1. Interview with William Bales and Jane Dudley. March 7, 1977.
Published by
  1. 1977.
Author
  1. Bales, William, 1910-1990

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Tobias, Tobi
  2. Bales, William, 1910-1990
  3. Dudley, Jane
Description
  1. 2 streaming files (approximately two hours and 22 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
  1. Streaming file 1 (approximately one hour and 38 minutes). Jane Dudley and William Bales speak about the start of the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio including the role Louis Horst played in bringing Dudley, Bales, and Sophie Maslow together; Bales' work Es mujer; their choice of themes as a reflection of their political views; how they [Dudley, Bales and Maslow] worked together on a dance; summers at Bennington College including the intellectual and artistic environment and the leadership of Robert Devore Leigh; the beauty of the physical environment; Barbara Morgan; using photographs to reconstruct a work; John Martin and his role as a champion of modern dance; Dudley's leaving and rejoining Martha Graham's company; Bales' changing views of Graham technique and Humphrey-Weidman technique including an anecdote about Doris Humphrey; more on summers at Bennington College including the artistic exchange and the atmosphere of asceticism; more on the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio including their touring of the college circuit [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2].
  2. Streaming file 2 (approximately 45 minutes). Jane Dudley and William Bales continue to speak with Tobi Tobias about the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio's touring of the college circuit; Bales' participation in a performance of Monteverdi's Clorinda [Claudio Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda]; more on touring; the end of their extensive touring after the births, respectively, of Sophie Maslow's and Jane Dudley's children; Maslow's work Folksay, Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Guthrie; the Trio's artistic vision and use of American folk material; the criticism that their work was entertainment rather than "Art;" their summers at New London [at Connecticut College]; Dudley's performing of the role of Mother Courage.
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project
  2. Dance Audio Archive
Subject
  1. Audiotapes > Bales, W
  2. Audiotapes > Dudley, J
  3. Folksay (Choreographic work : Maslow)
  4. Bennington College
  5. Dudley, Jane > Interviews
  6. Bales, William, 1910-1990 > Interviews
  7. Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio
  8. Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
  9. Martin, John, 1893-1985
  10. Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992
  11. Maslow, Sophie
Call number
  1. *MGZTO 5-909
Note
  1. Interview with William Bales and Jane Dudley conducted by Tobi Tobias on March 7, 1977, in New York City for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Dance Oral History Project.
  2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 5-909.
  3. Title supplied by cataloger.
  4. Sound quality is fair. There is extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Funding (note)
  1. 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.
Author
  1. Bales, William, 1910-1990, interviewee.
Title
  1. Interview with William Bales and Jane Dudley. March 7, 1977.
Imprint
  1. 1977.
Playing time
  1. 013726 004452
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. audio file
Restricted access
  1. Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event
  1. Recorded for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts March 7, 1977 New York (N.Y.)
Funding
  1. 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
  1. Original format: one sound reel (approximately two hours and 22 minutes); 5"; polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZT 5-909
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Tobias, Tobi, interviewer.
  2. Bales, William, 1910-1990, interviewee.
  3. Dudley, Jane, interviewee.
Research call number
  1. *MGZTO 5-909
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