- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 streaming video files (45 min. total) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- 2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (45 min.) : sd., col. ;
- Summary
- Unedited footage of an interview recorded for the cable television series Dance Spotlight. Topics discussed by Holder include his art collection and the inspiration it provides for his stage work; the contributions of American choreographers to the world of dance; his beginnings as a dancer in Trinidad in his brother Boscoe's company; his first Broadway show, House of flowers; his wife Carmen de Lavallade and her special qualities as a dancer; his beginnings as a painter; his work on The Wiz, for which he won two Tonys; and his forthcoming book The art of Geoffrey Holder. He concludes by offering advice to aspiring dancers. The interview ends after approx. 27 min., and is followed by casual conversation, views of Holder's art collection, and the repetition of the interviewer's questions.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Dance Spotlight.
- Subjects
- Note
- Videotaped at Geoffrey Holder's home in New York in 198-? Interviewer: Richard Maxfield.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 8683
- OCLC
- NYPY926030759-F
- Title
Interview with Geoffrey Holder [videorecording]
- Imprint
[198-?]
- Playing Time
002219 002227
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3260.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Television. Interview with Geoffrey Holder.
Television. Dance spotlight.
Musical comedies. House of flowers.
Musical comedies. The wiz.
- Added Author
Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014, interviewee.
Maxfield, Richard, 1927-1969. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8683