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Interview with Keene Curtis
- Title
- Interview with Keene Curtis [sound recording].
- Author
- Curtis, Keene, 1923-2002
- Publication
- 1993.
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 1 sound disc | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZTL 4-2559 1 sound disc | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 59 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 59 min.). Keene Curtis speaks with Don McDonagh about working as Martha Graham's stage manager in the 1950s and 1960s; film acting in L.A., and moving to N.Y. in 1947; working at Henry Street Theater, starting as assistant stage manager for Graham's company, then becoming stage manager; touring with Graham, first in New England, and then to Europe and Asia; working with, and learning lighting techniques from, Jean Rosenthal; Jean Rosenthal's influence; touring with the Graham company on buses, including anecdotes about Graham wearing a veil as she slept; Erick Hawkins' role in the company, and Curtis's opinion of him; creating a stage direction bible used by the company to rebuild sets and stage plots; working for the actress, Katharine Cornell; Graham dancers and various anecdotes about personalities and performances; early criticism of Graham by audiences and people's misunderstanding of her art; Graham's interest in stage aesthetics; touring with Graham in Israel; Graham's issues regarding alcohol consumption [abrupt end].
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Keene Curtis conducted by Don McDonagh on July 24, 1993.
- Each disc ends abruptly.
- Open as of August 22, 2012.
- Funding (note)
- Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Don McDonagh;
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2559
- OCLC
- 262558237
- Author
- Curtis, Keene, 1923-2002, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Keene Curtis [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1993.
- Funding
- Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Local Note
- Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2559Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2559
- Source
- Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007
- Local Subject
- Dance company tours.
- Added Author
- McDonagh, Don. InterviewerMcDonagh, Don. DonorDoris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2559 sound disc