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Interview with Dorothy Bird
- Title
- Interview with Dorothy Bird [sound recording]
- Author
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
- Publication
- 1983-[1984?]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 3 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1610 [sound cassette] reel 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 2 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1610 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 1 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1610 [sound cassette] reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- De Mille, Agnes.
- Description
- 3 sound cassettes (130 min.)
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Agnes De Mille.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by Agnes de Mille. Cassettes 1-2 probably recorded 10 December 1983; cassette 3 recorded 2 March 1984. All interviews done in New York City as part of research for Agnes de Mille's book on Martha Graham, entitled Martha.
- Contents
- SUMMARY: Cassette 1. Bird speaks softly and is difficult to hear. She discusses Graham's concept of projection and energy; Graham's use of the floor; her own relationship with Graham; moving to New York; Graham technique; living conditions during the depression; the Neighborhood Playhouse; Primitive mysteries; One touch of Venus; the preservation of Graham's choreography; Louis Horst's influence on Graham; Ron Protas' relationship with Graham. -- Cassette 2. Bird talks about Erick Hawkins; Graham's temper; Graham's use of props in Salem Shore; abstraction in Graham's choreography. De Mille sums up interview for five minutes at the end, in particular Hawkins at the 1939 World's Fair and his antics at the Metropolitan Opera. -- Cassette 3. Bird discusses summers in Connecticut; learning to cook from Graham; the Neighborhood Playhouse; Louis Horst; choreographic copyright of Graham's works; Ron Protas; the teaching of Graham material; José Limón; Doris Humphrey; the use of the arms in Graham technique.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1610
- OCLC
- NYPY936035472-R
- Author
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Dorothy Bird [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1983-[1984?]
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- De Mille, A.Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.Musical comedies. One touch of Venus.Audiotapes -- Bird, D.
- Added Author
- De Mille, Agnes. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1610