Interview with Carla Maxwell
- Title
- Interview with Carla Maxwell [sound recording].
- Published by
- 1996.
- Author
Items in the library and off-site
Displaying all 3 items
| Status | Vol/date | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/date | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-1991 (sound cassette) | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Vol/dateCopy 2 | FormatAudio | AccessSupervised use | Call number*MGZMT 3-1991 Copy 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Vol/date | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZMT 3-1991 (transcript) | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (85 min.) +
- Summary
- Ms. Maxwell describes her connection with Doris Humphrey through José Limón; her first impressions of Humphrey's work and comparing it to Limón's; the relationship between Humphrey and Limón, both personally and historically; Humphrey's choreographies Day on earth and Ritmo jondo; Ernestine Stodelle; issues in the reconstruction and performance of Humphrey's and Limón's works; the Humphrey and Limón techniques; teaching specific works; teaching technique; balancing aesthetic and financial considerations as director of the Limón Dance Company; the influences of Ruth Currier, Lucy Venable, and Stodelle on her experience with Humphrey's choreography; and the financial restraints faced by dance companies.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Alternative title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Currier, Ruth, 1926-
- Audiotapes > Johnson, R
- José Limón Dance Company
- Choreography > Reconstruction
- Ritmo jondo (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
- Stodelle, Ernestine
- Audiotapes > Maxwell, C
- Dance companies > Economic aspects > United States
- Humphrey, Doris, > 1895-1958
- Day on earth (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
- Venable, Lucy
- Limón, José
- Call number
- *MGZMT 3-1991
- Note
- Interviewed by Robert Johnson, May 28, 1996.
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-1991.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Author
- Maxwell, Carla. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Carla Maxwell [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1996.
- Local note
- Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-1991.
- Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-1991.
- Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1991. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track.
- Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
- Restricted access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local subject
- Choreography -- Reconstruction.
- Audiotapes -- Maxwell, C.
- Audiotapes -- Johnson, R.
- Added author
- Johnson, Robert. Interviewer
- Research call number
- *MGZMT 3-1991 [Transcript]
- *MGZTC 3-1991 [Cassette]