Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].

Author

Weidman, Charles.

Publication

1971.

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Details

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. 31 min.). Charles Weidman speaks with Don McDonagh about working with Ted Shawn; Martha Graham and reviews of her dances; anecdotes about Grahams' tantrums; Graham's mother and her maid, Lizzie; Graham's role in supporting her mother and her sisters after the death of her father; his father's support of his dancing; dancing at Radio City Music Hall with Graham; dances in the form of vaudeville acts; the evolution of Graham's style; the difference between Graham and Doris Humphrey; Graham's emhasis on breath work and release techniques; Graham's attitude toward ballet; Graham favoring heavy, earthy movements; the change in Graham's work after the arrival of Erick Hawkins, and Graham's attitude toward ballet after meeting Hawkins; Graham and Hawkins' relationship; the use of musical accompaniment with the dances; the change in state legislature in N.Y. allowing dance and theater on Sundays; difficulties in preparing dances and choreography; issues surrounding staging dances and the associated costs; modern dancers resistance to working together, unlike balletic companies; Louis Horst's influence on Graham; Ruth St. Denis' interest in Christian Science, and Graham's interest by association; Ted Shawn and the revival of Denishawn dances at Jacob's Pillow; his belief that dance institutions have improved since Graham's time; teaching in universities across the U.S., and the presence of dance majors at universities; attitude toward Ted Shawn [abrupt end].

Subjects

• Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
• Denishawn Dancers
• Graham, Martha
• Hawkins, Erick
• Weidman, Charles > Interviews
• Humphrey, Doris
• Horst, Louis > Influence

Note

• Interview with Charles Weidman conducted by Don McDonagh on June 29, 1971.
• 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 4-2535

OCLC

262558252

Author

Weidman, Charles. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Charles Weidman [sound recording].

Imprint

1971.

Funding

Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Local Note

Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2535

Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2535

Source

Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Added Author

McDonagh, Don. Interviewer

McDonagh, Don. Donor

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2535 sound disc