- Additional Authors
- Connecticut College American Dance Festival.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 49 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 49 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Walter Terry speaks about the stereotyped traditional image of the black man; famous black dancers and white black face dancers of the 19th century such as William Henry Lane (known as Juba), Daddy Rice, and Master Diamond; tap dancing; the adaptation of the traditional cakewalk in Ruthanna Boris' Cakewalk; black revues of 1895-1910; black face dancers in two Danish ballets, August Bournonville's Fjernt fra Danmark, and Vincenzo Galeotti's Amors og Balletmesterens Luner; Katherine Dunham; Pearl Primus; inter-racial dance companies; Josephine Baker; black and inter-racial musical comedies; black tap dancers; some of the many black modern and ballet dancers active today; the difficulty of determining what should be preserved from the past and what should be discarded [applause and gap followed by Terry's final remarks].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Lecture given by Walter Terry on August 14, 1963 at Connecticut College School of Dance, New London, Connecticut.
- The sound quality is good overall.
- 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 based on the typewritten title on the original container of the original recording.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-676
- OCLC
- 43744368
- Author
Terry, Walter.
- Title
The story of Negro dance in America / Walter Terry.
- Imprint
1963.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded at the Connecticut College School of the Dance August 14, 1963 New London (Conn.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 49 minutes); full-track; 3.75 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7676_v01f01_sc.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Connecticut College American Dance Festival.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-676