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Interview with Denise Vale
- Title
- Interview with Denise Vale [sound recording]
- Author
- Vale, Denise.
- Publication
- 1989.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1593 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1593 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sears, David, 1948-1992.
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 121 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 60 min.). Denise Vale speaks about the creation of Martha Graham's work Night chant, including the selection of the score; working with Graham on the piece; the role of the changing woman; the role of the shaman, danced by Peter London; the four major dances [influenced in part by Native American rituals] within the work; the prop used in the [first?] corn dance; the use of scenery designed by [Isamu] Noguchi; the imagery and conceptual bases of the two corn dances [gap]; the hunting dance and its evocation of human sacrifice; the duet in Night chant; more on the score; more on the hunting dance, including Vale's concept of her role as a bird; her playing of a drum, both as invocation and as a symbol of the moon [ends abruptly].
- Disc 2 (ca. 61 min.). Vale continues speaking about the symbolism of the drum music in Night chant; the choreography set to the drum music, including the bird imagery and the partnering; the relationship between the work's imagery and Native American petroglyphs; Vale's costume; the use of entrances and exits; Graham's creative process, especially its intuitive aspects; the use of sticks (taken from Graham's work Embattled garden) in the hunting dance [gap]; more on the process of Night chant's creation, including Vale's continuing development of her role as the changing woman; the influence of Navajo poetry, art, and rituals on the work; other sources including Egyptian hieroglyphs; the basing of the lighting on a painting by Georgia O'Keefe; Graham's work Rite of spring, including Sears' account of Jean Erdman's remarks to him regarding the piece [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Denise Vale conducted by David Sears on June 23, 1989 in New York City.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1593
- OCLC
- NYPY04-R65
- Author
- Vale, Denise. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Denise Vale [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1989.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- Archival copies: *MGZTCO 3-1593 nos. 1-2Dubbing masters: *MGZTD 4-1593 nos. 1-2
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Vale, D.
- Added Author
- Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1593