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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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1 sound discAudioSupervised use *MGZTL 4-2559 1 sound discPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • McDonagh, Don.
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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 3-2559
Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2559
Source
Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007
Local Subject
Dance company tours.
Added Author
McDonagh, Don. Interviewer
McDonagh, Don. Donor
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2559 sound disc
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