Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Twyla Tharp [sound recording].

Author

Tharp, Twyla.

Publication

1971.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McDonagh, Don.
• Siegel, Marcia B.
• Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation. fnd

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 63 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

[Begins abruptly. The first ca. 2 min. contains gaps and appears to be out of sequence. It is reiterated in part in the last part of track 12 and in track 13.] Twyla Tharp, Marcia B. Siegel, and at least one other woman speak with Don McDonagh about rehearsing, including the relationship between the time spent rehearsing and the time spent performing; her views on teaching; works by other choreographers that she likes; Merce Cunningham as a teacher; discussion among the speakers of feminism, marriage, and pursuing a career as an artist; male dancers, including their relative conservatism [gap]; the issues raised concerning an individual's appreciation of the arts, including unsophisticated versus sophisticated art and audiences; the works Tharp plans to have her company dance on tour in Paris; her work The one hundreds, including the mechanics of rehearsing a large group of performers; more on Cunningham as a teacher; more on female artists; how she came to choreograph for spaces other than a traditional proscenium stage; possible political implications of dance, in particular using an untraditional stage; discussion of Mauric Béjart, including reasons he is so popular in France; the circumstances of Tharp and her company's performance in City Hall in New York City [part of this last section, which begins in the latter part of track 12, reiterates part of the first ca. 2 min. of the recording, which, as noted above, appears to be out of sequence].

Donor/Sponsor

Oral history archive.

Subjects

• Audiotapes > Tharp, T
• Tharp, Twyla
• One-hundreds (Choreographic work : Tharp)

Note

• Interview with Twyla Tharp conducted by Don McDonagh on Aug. 31, 1971, in New York City. Marcia B. Siegel and at least one other woman, identified on the original container as "N. Cosmas" or "Kosmas", also participate in the discussions arising in the course of the interview.
• Sound quality is poor to fair, and the recording is marred by extraneous noise and several short gaps.
• Open as of August 22, 2012.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded with a gift from the Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation.

Source (note)

• Don McDonagh.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2486

OCLC

261134983

Author

Tharp, Twyla. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Twyla Tharp [sound recording].

Imprint

1971.

Funding

Preservation was funded with a gift from the Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation.

Local Note

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2486

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3 -2486

Source

Gift; Don McDonagh. NN-PD

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Tharp, T.

Added Author

McDonagh, Don. Interviewer

Siegel, Marcia B. Speaker

Joseph and Ida Liskin Foundation. Funder

McDonagh, Don . Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2486 [sound disc]