- Additional Authors
- Description
- One streaming file (approximately 24 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (first approximately 13 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by unidentified announcer.] Arthur Mitchell speaks with Marian Horosko, as host, about his plans and ideas for a new dance program at the Harlem School of the Arts including his hope that it will lead to a professional company; in general terms, the classes and the curriculum; funding sources.
- Streaming file (from approximately 13:10 minutes to 24:08 minutes). Alvin H. Reiss, as host, introduces the journal Dance perspectives and Selma Jeanne Cohen, its editor; Cohen speaks about the journal including the sources of material such as photographs and how topics are chosen; its specialization in historical and critical articles; some of her favorite issues of the past; the long lead time an issue typically requires; finding writers; the current issue on Merce Cunningham, in particular its non-biographical approach; where the journal can be obtained; the objectives of the journal and its non-profit publisher, Dance Perspectives Foundation [music and announcements by unidentified announcer].
- Uniform Title
- World of Dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen
- Dance Perspectives
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Interview with Arthur Mitchell conducted by Marian Horosko, as host (approximately 13 minutes), and interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen conducted by Alvin H. Reiss, as host (approximately 10 minutes), on radio station WNYC-FM, New York on its series The world of dance, for broadcast on August 4 (and re-broadcast on August 5), 1968.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- 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.
- OCLC
- 915834522
- Author
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen, 1968.
- Production
1968
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by WNYC-FM 1968, August 4 New York (N.Y.)
- 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.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 24 minutes); 7"; acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014: myd_mgzto73014_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
There is a tape cue sheet regarding the recording included in the container holding the archival original.
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- Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Reiss, Alvin H., interviewer.
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005, interviewee.
- Added Title
World of Dance (Radio program)
Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen
Dance Perspectives