Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dupree, Roland.
2. Da Pron, Louis.
3. Reed, Jane Levy.
4. Heller, Peggy.
5. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 streaming video files (NTSC) (41 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. Unedited footage for the documentary If only for an hour. For the completed program, see: *MGZIC 9-7 If only for an hour.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Jane Levy Reed.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Choreographers > United States > 20th century
3. Dare, Danny
4. Video
5. Interviews
6. Dance teachers > United States
7. Tap dancing
8. Meglin, Ethel
9. Motion pictures > If only for an hour
10. Dance > United States > 20th century
11. Dancers > United States > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Interview with Roland Dupree (ca. 22 min.) / Dupree recalls how he began to study tap dancing in Fall River, Mass., at age 10, and his experiences as a child performer in Hollywood, beginning at age 12. He reminisces about his studies in Hollywood with Ethel Meglin and others, auditions, and working with Danny Dare on the show Meet the people. He describes the qualities that make a great dancer, and the importance of the performer's relationship with the audience. He recalls how his teaching engagements gradually grew into a dance school, analyzes the steps in the process of producing a show, and contrasts film and television as media for dance.
2. Interview with Louis DaPron (ca. 10 min.) / Interviewed in the studio with Roland Dupree, who worked under him as a student and dancer, Louis DaPron discusses his experiences as a dance director and teacher. He teaches a routine to Dupree, and the two discuss the demands of a dance career, past and present.
3. [Rehearsal] (ca. 9 min.) / Roland Dupree works with dancers and musicians in the studio.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 8633

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Title

1. If only for an hour, original interviews. Roland Dupree, Louis DaPron [electronic resource] / produced and directed by Jane Levy Reed and Peggy Heller.

Imprint

1. 1976.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Interviewers: Jane Levy Reed, Peggy Heller; unidentified male interviewer, off-camera.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-6238 cassette three.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. If only for an hour.

Added author

1. Dupree, Roland. ive, dancer.
2. Da Pron, Louis. Interviewee. tch, dancer.
3. Reed, Jane Levy. Interviewer. Producer. Director
4. Heller, Peggy. Interviewer. Producer. Director
5. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 8633
2. *MGZIC 9-6238 cassette three (former)