Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Wentink, Andrew Mark.
2. Crain, Llewellyn.
3. Interview with Marion Scott

Description

1. 4 sound cassettes (4 hours, 3 min.)

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.

Subject

1. Conrad-Da'oud, Emilie
2. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966
3. Graham, Martha
4. Weidman, Charles
5. Audiotapes > Scott, M
6. Audiotapes > Wentink, A
7. University of California, Los Angeles > Department of Dance
8. Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company
9. Marion Scott Trio
10. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
11. Contemporary Dance Productions
12. Humphrey-Weidman Company
13. Audiotapes > Crain, L

Contents

1. SUMMARY: Reel 1. [Andrew Wentink, interviewer] Marion Scott discusses her early dance training; studying with Martha Graham; joining the Humphrey-Weidman Company; teaching for Doris Humphrey; her children; returning to dance after having children; Franziska Boas; her own choreography; Helen Tamiris; the Marion Scott Trio; developing hip arthritis; teaching choreography at UCLA. - Reel 2. Mysticism and duality in her choreography; designer Malcolm McCormick; the Humphrey-Weidman Company in the early 'forties; Contemporary Dance Productions; José Limón. - Reel 3. [Llewellyn Crain, interviewer] Scott talks about teaching at UCLA; her interest in trance dancing and masked dance; Emilie Conrad-Da'oud. Crain discusses her own experiences as a student of Scott. Scott talks about her choreography classes; beginning to perform again. - Reel 4. Her producing organization, Visions, Interarts, Inc.; Emilie Conrad-Da'oud; Rachel Rosenthal; her own artistic vision.

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1090

Note

1. First interview, by Andrew Wentink, recorded 15 Dec. 1975 in Montclair, NJ. Second interview, by Llewellyn Crain, recorded 11 Nov. 1987 in Los Angeles, CA.
2. For transcript of interviews, see *MGZMT 3-1090.

Author

1. Scott, Marion. Interviewee

Title

1. Interviews with Marion Scott [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1975-87.

Local note

1. AWAITING PRESERVATION. NOT AVAILABLE FOR LISTENING.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Scott, M.
2. Audiotapes -- Crain, L.
3. Audiotapes -- Wentink, A.

Added author

1. Wentink, Andrew Mark. Interviewer
2. Crain, Llewellyn. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1090