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Interviews with Walter Sorell and William Como

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-1942	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 sound cassette (26 min.)

Summary

Mr. Sorell discusses the second edition of his book, The dance has many faces; his translation of Mary Wigman's Language of dance; the growth of sacred and ethnic dance movement in contemporary performance; the use of ethnic dance as propaganda; the changes in other dance forms since his book's first edition in 1951; subsidy for the arts; and the future of dance. [16 min.]
Mr. Como, Dance Magazine's advertising manager, talks about the magazine's annual booking issue; the number of company listings in the annual; the growth of dance companies during the 1960's; editorial essays in the magazine; and information on obtaining the annual.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.

Uniform Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Subjects

Note

Mr. Sorell interviewed by Marian Horosko, Mr. Como by Alvin H. Reiss, for radio station WNYC, New York City, as part of its series World of dance.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1942

OCLC

NYPY96-R87

Title

Interviews with Walter Sorell and William Como [sound recording]

Imprint

1966.

Local Note

Archival original: *MGZTO 7-1942. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1942. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track.

Local Subject

Ethnic dance.

Audiotapes -- Sorell, W.

Audiotapes -- Como, W.

Added Author

Sorell, Walter, 1905-1997. Interviewee

Como, William. Interviewee

Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Reiss, Alvin H. Interviewer

DHCA.

Added Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1942