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Interview with Joe Nash

Title
  1. Interview with Joe Nash [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1999.
Author
  1. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005.

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Vol/datereel 2FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZTC 3-2294 [sound cassette] reel 2Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datereel 1FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZTC 3-2294 (sound cassette) reel 1Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/dateFormatAudioAccessSupervised useCall number*MGZMT 3-2294 (transcript)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional authors
  1. Nash, Joe.
  2. Perron, Wendy.
Description
  1. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 150 min.) +
Summary
  1. Cassette 1. 90 min. Mr. Nash discusses growing up; his interest in the arts in general and dance in particular; studying with Katherine Dunham and members of her company including Syvilla Fort; other dancers; the critical climate of the period; auditioning for Helen Tamiris' Show Boat; studying various techniques under the auspices of the American Theater Wing; working with Pearl Primus; taking class with Doris Humphrey; the first examples of racial integration in dance; his decision to stop dancing; his susequent work documenting the history of black dance; studying with Charles Weidman; Eleo Pomare and the tradition of modern dance as social protest; the particular challenges faced by black artists doing this type of work.
  2. Cassette 2. 60 min. Mr. Nash discusses his ongoing interest in vernacular dance; research that he would like to do; racism in dance; his choreography.
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
  2. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Audiotapes > Nash, J
  2. Racism
  3. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  4. Primus, Pearl
  5. Dance, Black
  6. Dunham, Katherine
  7. Fort, Syvilla
  8. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005 > Interviews
  9. African American dance
Call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2294
Note
  1. For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2294.
  2. Interviewed by Wendy Perron on Nov. 9 & 11, 1999, at The Interchurch Center in New York City.
Access (note)
  1. Photography of the transcript permitted for research purposes only.
Author
  1. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview with Joe Nash [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1999.
Local note
  1. Preservation master tape: *MGZTC0 3-2294.
  2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2294.
  3. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2294.
Restricted access
  1. Photography of the transcript permitted for research purposes only.
Local subject
  1. Audiotapes -- Nash, J.
Added author
  1. Nash, Joe. Interviewee
  2. Perron, Wendy. Interviewer
Research call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2294 [Transcript]
  2. *MGZTC 3-2294 [Cassette]
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