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Interview with Yurek Lazowsky ; and Interview with John Hightower

Title
Interview with Yurek Lazowsky ; and Interview with John Hightower, 1966.
Author
Lazowsky, Yurek
Publication
1966

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Additional Authors
  • Hightower, John B. (John Brantley), 1933-2013
  • Horosko, Marian
  • Reiss, Alvin H.
Description
1 sound disc (approximately 28 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Tracks 1-4 (approximately 15 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by unidentified speaker.] Marian Horosko introduces her guest Yurek Lazowsky; Lazowsky speaks about character dancing, including its foundation in national dances and folk dances; creating character dances in the United States; character dancing in full-length classical ballets; attributes of character dancers; the training of character dancers; teaching character dancing; jazz music and character dancing; lack of funds as the barrier to creating a national dance group in the United States.
  • Tracks 5-6 (approximately 9 minutes). [Marian Horosko's introductory remarks.] Alvin Reiss introduces his guest, John Hightower, executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts; Hightower speaks about the New York State Council on the Art's dance-related projects, including with respect to American Dance Theatre, dance notation; dance criticism; the revival of [Kurt Jooss's] The green table; establishing a contemporary dance theater in New York City; and dance company administration. [Track 7 (approximately four minutes) contains various announcements by Horosko and an unidentified speaker as well as recorded excerpts of unidentified music.]
Uniform Title
World of Dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Interview with John Hightower
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Yurek Lazowsky (tracks 1-4: approximately 15 minutes), conducted by Marian Horosko, as host; and interview with John Hightower (tracks 5-6: approximately 9 minutes), conducted by Alvin H. Reiss as host, in New York City, both for the series, World of Dance, on radio station WNYC-FM, New York. The interviews were conducted on or for broadcast on September 15 and 18, 1966. The recordings also include introductory and closing remarks and announcements by Horosko, Reiss, and an unidentified speaker as well as excerpts of recorded music.
  • Sound quality is good.
  • 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 4-2959
OCLC
884799542
Author
Lazowsky, Yurek, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Yurek Lazowsky ; and Interview with John Hightower, 1966.
Production
1966
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Event
Recorded for WNYC-FM, New York 1966 New York (N.Y.)
Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 28 minutes); 7 inches; 7.5 ips., mono; full-track originally recorded for WNYC-FM radio station in New York City, in 1966; 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.
Local Subject
Government aid to dance -- New York (State) -- New York
Added Author
Hightower, John B. (John Brantley), 1933-2013, interviewee.
Horosko, Marian, host.
Reiss, Alvin H., host.
Added Title
Interview with John Hightower
World of Dance (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2959
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