Interview with Sachiyo Ito
- Title
- Interview with Sachiyo Ito [sound recording].
- Published by
- 2006.
- Author
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- Description
- 3 sound discs (ca. 156 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Oct. 12, 2006 (ca. 45 min.) Sachiyo Ito reflects on the origins of her interest in dance; her early training at the Hanayagi school; becoming a teacher to foreigners in Japan; joining an all female Kabuki troupe [Joyuza Kabuki Troupe]; her first experience teaching in the U.S., at the American Dance Festival; Ito's first exposure to Western dance and her desire to learn more in order to enhance her teaching of Japanese dance; the culture shock she experienced as she began to study; studying at New York University and the Cunningham studio; returning to Japan to study with Fujima Shotoyo; her interest in Okinawan dance as the focus of her Masters thesis; re-staging traditional works; creating new choreography.
- Oct. 12, 2006 (ca. 45 min.). Sachiyo Ito speaks about her self-doubt; her collaboration with Western artists including Y'lick O'Connor and Janis Pforsich as well as working with the dancers in Stephen Sondheim's musical drama Pacific overtures; other collaborations; feelings about performing including the challenges as well as the aspects she enjoys and are particularly meaningful to her; changes in her performing over the years; audience response to her work; her aspirations for her work; thoughts on teaching particularly as a learning process for herself. [Ends abruptly.]
- Dec. 19, 2006 (ca. 45 min.). Sachiyo Ito speaks about her musical background; her creative process; more on her teaching; her students, including their cultural composition; her company, Sachiyo Ito and Company; her feelings about her own accomplishments and the ongoing challenges of maintaining her company and work; her thoughts and hopes about the future of the school and company; her most satisfying accomplishments; reflects on her mother's life and work in relation to her own; her thoughts on the artist's role in society; her salon series and ideas for future projects.
- Dec. 19, 2006 (ca. 20 min.). Sachiyo Ito speaks about her thoughts on current Japanese classical dance and her own feelings about dance as a reflection of life.
- Donor/Sponsor
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
- Alternative title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Call number
- *MGZTL 4-2477
- Note
- Interview with Sachiyo Ito conducted by Diana G. Chapman on Oct. 12 and Dec. 19, 2006 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2477.
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008
- Author
- Ito, Sachiyo. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Sachiyo Ito [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2006.
- Access
- Permission required.
- Funding
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008
- Restricted access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Connect to:
- Local subject
- Audiotapes -- Ito, S.
- Added author
- Chapman, Diana G. Interviewer
- Research call number
- *MGZTL 4-2477 [sound disc]
- *MGZMT 3-2477 [transcript]