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Additional authors

1. Kraft, Susan, 1961-
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-2009
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2008-2009

Description

1. 3 sound discs (ca. 178 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. Disc 1, June 18, 2009 (ca. 77 min.). Laura Glenn speaks with Susan Kraft about her family background; growing up in the Bronx [in New York City]; her parents and their interests and families; her first dance classes and the fulfillment she found in them; the expanding role of dance in her life; auditioning for and attending the Juilliard [School]; her deep admiration for her teacher Antony Tudor; other teachers with whom she studied at Juilliard including Maggie Black and Louis Horst; aligning herself with the work of José Limón; working with Anna Sokolow; Sokolow's illness and death; her first impressions of José Limón followed by her studying with him and joining his company [José Limón Dance Company].
2. Disc 2, June 23, 2009 (ca. 55 min.). Laura Glenn continues to speak with Susan Kraft about José Limón including how powerful her first impressions of him were; how the experience of having him as a teacher changed over time; the relationship of Limón's technique to that of Doris Humphrey; more on Glenn's joining Limón's company and touring while still a student at Juilliard; her impressions of Betty Jones as a performer; her dance experiences in the context of the time she was living in and Limón's evolving perceptions of her.
3. Disc 3, June 23, 3009 (ca. 46 min.). Laura Glenn speaks to Susan Kraft about working on José Limón's work Dances for Isadora; his choreographic process; her commitment to working with him and (more on) the nature of his work; staging his choreography; her personal relationship with him; his illness and death; the company performances and the period immediately following his death.

Alternative title

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

Subject

1. Audiotapes > Glenn, L
2. Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
3. Limón, José
4. Sokolow, Anna
5. Glenn, Laura
6. Dances for Isadora (Choreographic work : Limón)
7. Horst, Louis
8. Black, Margaret, 1930?-
9. José Limón Dance Company

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2592

Note

1. Interview with Laura Glenn conducted by Susan Kraft on June 18 and 23, 2009 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City as part of the Oral History Project.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2592.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.
2. 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. Glenn, Laura. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Laura Glenn [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 2009.

Access

1. Permission required.

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.

Added author

1. Kraft, Susan, 1961- Interviewer
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-2009
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2008-2009

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2592
2. *MGZMT 3-2592