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Interview with Robert Cohan : an intimate view of Martha Graham

Title
Interview with Robert Cohan : an intimate view of Martha Graham, 1965.
Author
Cohan, Robert
Publication
1965.

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Details

Additional Authors
Terry, Walter
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes). [Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry introduces Robert Cohan, the Martha Graham Company, and Martha Graham as well as the topic: Graham as a person, in particular as viewed by her dancers. Robert Cohan speaks with Walter Terry about the powerful effect of Martha Graham's creative genius on her dancers; the Graham technique: how it developed and its virtuosity; Graham's innovations in decor and her use of costume; her characters' sexuality; her influence on the theater; the experience of dancing on stage with Graham. [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
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Robert Cohan conducted by Walter Terry as host for radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance; broadcast on November 14, 1965.
  • 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 7-76
OCLC
36937015
Author
Cohan, Robert, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Robert Cohan : an intimate view of Martha Graham, 1965.
Imprint
1965.
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 November 14, 1965 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 30 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto776_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-76
Former call number: *MGZT 7-76
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-76; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-76; 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 7-76
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