Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Jeffries, Joe.
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.

Description

1. 4 sound discs (ca. 248 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. Disc 1, June 25, 2008 (ca. 69 min.). Jane Goldberg speaks with Joe Jeffries about (briefly) her family background and childhood; studying dance in college and afterward; moving to New York City from Boston; the experiences that drew her more deeply into tap dance; the historical background of the revival of interest in tap dancing in the 1960s and 1970s; her work and interest in journalism; her favorite experiences in journalism including writing about Ginger Rogers; her thoughts on various tap dancing styles; her own history as a performer including what she considers a break through performance in 1978; her preoccupation with comedy and entertainment in tap dancing; gender roles in tap; the historical perspective and ongoing relevance of tap dance; Gregory Hines; the dearth of space for tap dancers to study and rehearse in New York City ; the reluctance of older dancers to teach.
2. Disc 2, June 25, 2008 (ca. 50 min.). Jane Goldberg speaks with Joe Jeffries about the experience of being a Jewish female in the tap world; her approach to grant writing; creating the By Word of Foot festival; rivalry and respect; her archive of tap dance materials and interviews; more on Gregory Hines; the current state of the tap dance field; a discussion of what the interview participants call the New Burlesque scene in New York City; tap pedagogy; combining her work as a performer and writer; more on her current state of mind and point of view on tap today.
3. Disc 3, June 26, 2008 (ca. 69 min.). [Interview resumes. A brief portion of the opening of the interview is missing.] Jane Goldberg speaks with Joe Jeffries further on tap dance history including the impact of Agnes de Mille's story-driven choreography for the musical comedy Oklahoma on the more episodic form of tap; the term "hoofing"; the tap dance revival and the emotions and competition it generated among dancers; her observation of the lack of appreciation and curiosity regarding older performers and her own commitment to researching and understanding the past; injuries in tap; the current generation of tap dancers; performers that Goldberg and Jeffries admire, including Charles Ludlam and Stewart Alter; tap shoes; winning the Flo-Bert award in 2002; thoughts on her own contribution to the field.
4. Disc 4, June 26, 2008 (ca. 60 min.). Jane Goldberg continues to speak with Joe Jeffries about her contribution to the field; improvisation; tap as a microcosm of race and sexual relations; thoughts on her legacy; the process of writing her book [Shoot me while I'm happy: memories from the tap goddess of the Lower East Side, c2008]; materials that originate in digital format and the issue of archiving emails; more on her book and thoughts on her contribution to the field; writers and books that she admires; her two trips to India; the place of dance in her life.

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.
2. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Improvisation in dance
2. Sex role in dance
3. Audiotapes > Goldberg, J
4. Burlesque (Theater) > New York (State) > New York > 21st century
5. Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
6. Tap dancing
7. Hines, Gregory

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2580

Note

1. Interview with Jane Goldberg conducted by Joe Jeffries on June 25 and 26, 2008 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York City for the Oral History Project.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2580.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Funding (note)

1. The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Author

1. Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Jane Goldberg [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 2008.

Funding

1. The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Local subject

1. Sex role in dance.

Added author

1. Jeffries, Joe. Interviewer
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2580
2. *MGZMT 3-2580