- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes). [Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry speaks about the injuries dancers suffer: the variation in severity, their causes, the necessity of warming up for class or performance, and particular examples of accidents and injuries; the dangers of putting young girls on pointe without adequate training at too early an age; more examples of injuries. Terry then discusses the healthy aspects of dance training: as exercise to keep fit; as physical therapy for muscular or skeletal problems, injuries, and disease; Hindu mudras; dance as therapy for the mentally and emotionally disturbed; and the longevity of dancers, with reference to many examples. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker 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
- Note
- Walter Terry speaks about the both the hazards and healthy aspects of dance; broadcast on March 19, 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
- The sound quality is very good.
- 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 7-84
- OCLC
- 36936948
- Author
Terry, Walter, speaker.
- Title
Hazards and health of dance / Walter Terry, 1967.
- Imprint
1967.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance Broadcast on March 19, 1967 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 26 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto784_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-84
Former call number: *MGZT 7-84
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-84; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-84; 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 Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-84