Research Catalog

Title

Interviews with Merle Lister, Erick Hawkins, and Bertha Pollack, 1967.

Author

Lister, Merle

Publication

1967

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hawkins, Erick
• Pollack, Bertha
• Horosko, Marian
• Reiss, Alvin H.

Description

1 sound disc (approximately 22 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Tracks 1 - 2 (approximately 5 minutes). [Music; introductory remarks by unidentified male.] Marian Horosko, host, on the radio program World of Dance, introduces her guests Merle Lister and Erick Hawkins; Lister speaks, at her studio (The studio of creative movement), with Horosko about her company (Merle Lister and Dance Company) including current and upcoming performances; her transition from ballet to modern dance; and her method for working with her and her dancers' bodies.
• Tracks 3 - 4 (approximately 9 minutes). Marian Horosko, host on the radio program World of Dance, speaks with Erick Hawkins about his performances at Expo 67 as a representative of United States modern dance including how his company was chosen; how he defines the term "avant garde;" the phrase "avant garde classicism;" his disapproval of pointe shoes; Hawkins' work John Brown [closing remarks and introduction of Alvin H. Reiss].
• Tracks 5 -7 (approximately 8 minutes). Alvin H. Reiss, host on the radio program World of Dance, introduces his guest Bertha Pollack, a specialist seller of dance books, at her store Ziegfield Bookshop in New York City; Pollack speaks about her business including her specialization in ballet; her customers; and books she would like to have available [concluding remarks of Reiss; announcements made by Horosko; music and closing remarks by unidentified male].

Uniform Title

World of Dance (Radio program)

Subjects

• Audiotapes > Lister, M
• Audiotapes > Hawkins, E
• Hawkins, Erick > Interviews
• Audiotapes > Pollack, B
• Lister, Merle > Interviews
• Pollack, Bertha > Interviews

Note

• Interviews with Merle Lister (approximately 5 minutes) and with Erick Hawkins (approximately 9 minutes) conducted by Marian Horosko, as host; and interview with Bertha Pollack (approximately 7 minutes), conducted by Alvin H. Reiss as host, each in New York City for the series, World of Dance, on radio station WNYC-FM, New York. The interviews were conducted in June,1967.
• Sound quality is fair. At times, the recording is marred by extraneous noise and slight distortion, but the speakers' voices are always easily intelligible.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Funding (note)

• The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part 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.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2945

OCLC

883028398

Author

Lister, Merle, interviewee.

Title

Interviews with Merle Lister, Erick Hawkins, and Bertha Pollack, 1967.

Production

1967

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by WNYC-FM, New York 1967 New York (N.Y.)

Original Version

Original format: one sound reel (approximately 22 minutes); 7 inches; 7.5 ips., mono; full track originally recorded by WNYC-FM radio station in New York City, in 1967; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Funding

The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part 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.

Added Author

Hawkins, Erick, interviewee.

Pollack, Bertha, interviewee.

Horosko, Marian, host.

Reiss, Alvin H., host.

Added Title

World of Dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2945