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Interview with Ted Shawn

Title
Interview with Ted Shawn, 1965.
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Publication
1965.

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Additional Authors
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 27 min.) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 27 minutes). Walter Terry, as host, introduces Ted Shawn; Ted Shawn speaks about how he finds the very multiplicity of his many roles in the dance world (including dancer, choreographer, teacher, lecturer, and author) so rewarding; his love of all dance in its infinite varieties; how this inclusive approach has contributed to the ever more varied programs of the annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; the creed of the Denishawn School [of Dancing]; his goal of nurturing all kinds of dance rather than a particular style; his view of dance education as the enabling of each student to fulfill his or her highest potential as an artist rather than to perform a specific technique; his disclaimer of having ever been a rebel (against ballet and other established dance forms) and his belief in evolution, not revolution; his approach as that of growth and expansion with innovation as a by-product rather than as a goal for its own sake; the fact that there will always be a rear guard and an avant-garde; his happiness at the enormous growth of dance as an art form in the United States; the program and size of the first Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival as contrasted with the Festival today; Terry's closing remarks.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of Walter Terry.
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Uniform Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Ted Shawn conducted by Walter Terry, as host, for broadcast on December 5, 1965, 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.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-68
OCLC
51057673
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Ted Shawn, 1965.
Imprint
1965.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNCY, New York on its series, Invitation to Dance 1965, December 5 New York (N.Y.)
Original Version
Original format: (archive original *MGZTO 7-68a) one sound reel (approximately 27 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto768a_v01f01_sc.
Original format: (additional archival original: *MGZTO 7-68b): one sound reel (approximately 26 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto768b_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-832.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-832.
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Added Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, interviewer.
Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-68
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