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1. New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (ca. 102 min.)

Summary

1. Side A (ca. 51 min.). Jack Anderson leads the discussion of a student's review, which she reads aloud, of Roland Petit's ballet Le jeune homme et la mort, including whether the ballet is misogynistic; a student's review, read aloud, of Frederick Ashton's ballet Monotones nos. 1 and 2, is discussed; Anderson speaks about ways to become a dance critic; how various of his colleagues became dance writers, including Walter Terry and Selma Jeanne Cohen [ends abruptly].
2. Side B (ca. 51 min.). Jack Anderson continues to speak about various critics, including Selma Jeanne Cohen; Tobi Tobias, and Nancy Goldner; Anatole Chujoy's and P. W. Manchester's The dance encyclopedia; Cyril W. Beaumont's Complete book of ballets; a guide to the principal ballets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Lincoln Kirstein's Movement and metaphor: four centuries of ballet; Anderson's own Dance; Marcia B. Siegel's At the vanishing point; a critic looks at dance; Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp's Ballet : an illustrated history; Ivor Forbes Guest's books on the romantic ballet in England and France; Tamara Karsavina's Theatre Street: the reminiscences of Tamara Karsavina; Lydia Sokolova's Dancing for Diaghilev: the memoirs of Lydia Sokolova; books on early modern dance, including Isadora Duncan's My life and autobiographical books, by Ruth St. Denis and Mary Wigman; books on later generations of modern dance by Selma Jeanne Cohen, John Martin, Margaret Lloyd, and Merce Cunningham; in response to student questions, discusses other dance writers including Kay Ambrose and Walter Terry; leads discussion of student's essay, which she reads aloud, about George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet [sound quality of students is poor]. Ends abruptly.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Archive.
2. New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Subject

1. Anderson, Jack, 1935-2023. - [Browse in index]
2. Jeune homme et la mort (Choreographic work : Petit, R) - [Browse in index]
3. Monotones nos. 1 and 2 (Choreographic work : Ashton) - [Browse in index]
4. Dance critics. - [Browse in index]
5. Dance criticism. - [Browse in index]

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1405 no. 16

Language

1. English

Note

1. Recording of dance criticism class, taught by Jack Anderson, at the New School for Social Research, in New York City, probably in Oct., 1975. This is cassette 16 of a series of recordings of classes on dance history and criticism, conducted at the New School for Social Research in New York City, between Feb. 1973 and Dec. 1975, which are cataloged under classmark *MGZTC 3-1405.
2. The sound quality of this recording is good for the most part, but the recording is marred by extraneous noise. At times, in particular on side B, the sound quality of the student voices is poor.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1405 no. 16
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1405 no. 16, labelled reels 27 and 28

Author

1. Anderson, Jack, 1935-2023. Speaker

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Anderson, J.