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Additional authors

1. Williams, Jill, 1947-

Description

1. 2 compact discs (approximately 1 hour and 33 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. Disc 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Loretta Abbott speaks with Jill Williams about her early dance experiences, performances, and training, including with Paul Sanasardo, Marvin Gordon and Alvin Ailey; Dynamic Duo, her duet ensemble with Al Perryman; (briefly) some of her Broadway and Off-Broadway performances; her intentions as a performer; other work, including for television; working with various artists, including Anna Sokolow, Bob Fosse, and Liza Minnelli.
2. Disc 2 (approximately 45 minutes). Loretta Abbott continues to speak with Jill Williams about her career including various brief reminiscences; names her teachers, noting in particular Paul Sanasardo; the influence of various vocal groups she has worked with; lists her teaching experiences and other people she has danced with; race-related experiences in her career; the lack of musicality in contemporary Swing dance; the satisfaction she finds in the connection between performer and audience.

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.

Subject

1. Sanasardo, Paul, 1928-
2. Audiotapes > Abbott, L
3. Ailey, Alvin
4. Abbott, Loretta
5. Perryman, Al

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2918

Note

1. Interview with Loretta Abbott conducted by Jill Williams on May 29, 2012 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City as part of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2918

Access (note)

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

Funding (note)

1. This interview was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Author

1. Abbott, Loretta, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Loretta Abbott. May 29, 2012, 2012.

Production

1. 2012

Type of content

1. text
2. spoken word

Type of medium

1. unmediated
2. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. volume

Event

1. Recorded by Jill Williams 2012, May 29 New York, New York.

Funding

1. This interview was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Restricted access

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

Added author

1. Williams, Jill, 1947- interviewer.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2918
2. *MGZMT 3-2918