Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Farlow, Lesley.
2. Duncan, Jeff, 1930-1989.
3. Bauman, Art.

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (3 hrs., 45 min.)

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.

Subject

1. Audiotapes > Bauman, A
2. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
3. Jeff Duncan Dance Repertory Company
4. New York State Council on the Arts > Dance Program
5. Lyric suite (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
6. American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)
7. Jeff Duncan Dance Studio
8. Dance Theater Workshop
9. Nikolais, Alwin
10. White, David R
11. Audiotapes > Duncan, J
12. Sokolow, Anna

Contents

1. SUMMARY: Cassette 1. Jeff Duncan discusses his dance training; dancing with Alwin Nikolais; studying with Doris Humphrey; Juilliard Dance Ensemble; Lyric suite, with Anna Sokolow; his own choreography and his first concert; the Jeff Duncan Studio Theater. -- Cassette 2. Duncan and Art Bauman discuss the beginnings of Dance Theater Workshop; their season at the East 74th Street Theater; the first grants awarded by the New York State Council on the Arts; the dancers and choreographers involved in Dance Theater Workshop; the company's residencies;the DTW school; the critics' workshop; Art Bauman's improvisational group; the various projects of DTW; a dance festival in Switzerland; DTW's Manhattan School of Music concert. -- Cassette 3. Art Bauman's improvisation group; the Manhattan School of Music concert; changes in the New York State Council on the Arts; David White's appointment as director of DTW; moving into the American Theatre Lab building; Duncan's move to Maryland and his recent projects.

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1712

Note

1. Interviewed by Lesley Farlow 24 and 25 May 1988 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York.
2. For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-1712.

Title

1. Interview with Jeff Duncan and Art Bauman [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1988.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Duncan, J.
2. Audiotapes -- Bauman, A.

Added author

1. Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer
2. Duncan, Jeff, 1930-1989. Interviewee
3. Bauman, Art. Interviewee

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1712