- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 31 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 31 minutes). [Music and introduction of Walter Terry and program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry introduces his guest Bhaskar; Bhaskar speaks with Terry about his career in the United States including how he first came to the United States, his touring, and his choreographing; his style of Indian dance contrasted with that of Uday Shankar; his classical dance training in India including how he first became a dancer; the four major schools of Indian classical dance; Shiva, god of the dance; the historical origins of his Cobra dance; teaching western dance in India; the dance Bhaskar finds most emotionally moving; Terry's closing remarks. [Interview ends at approximately 23:35 minutes; the balance of the recording consists of the unidentified speaker's closing remarks and music.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Bhaskar [Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury] conducted by Walter Terry as host for radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance. The interview was recorded on March 9 and broadcast on March 12, 1967.
- The sound quality is excellent.
- The processing 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.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-70
- OCLC
- 36936922
- Author
Bhaskar, 1930-2003, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Bhaskar : the dance of India.
- Imprint
1967.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance 1967, March 9 (recorded) and March 12 (broadcast) New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 31 minutes); acetate; full-track ; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto770_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-70
Former call number: *MGZT 7-70
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-70; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-70; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
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- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-70