- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 32 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 32 minutes). [Music and introduction by unidentified person of Walter Terry.] Walter Terry speaks about the body as the dancer's instrument of artistic expression; the influence of Ruth St. Denis' and Isadora Duncan's costume innovations on the puritanical attitude toward the body typical in the United States at the time; the costume reforms of Marie Camargo and Marie Sallé; nudity in modern dance; expressive dance movement, as seen in Martha Graham's Night journey and her Letter to the world; Doris Humphrey's choreographic theories and her dance, Ritmo jondo; abstract dance movement. [Final approximate 7 minutes consists of closing announcements and music.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Dancers > Anatomy
- Nudity in dance
- Ritmo jondo (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
- Night journey (Graham, Martha)
- Letter to the world (Graham, Martha)
- Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
- Terry, Walter > Lectures
- St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
- Camargo, Marie Anne de Cupis de, 1710-1770
- Graham, Martha > Letter to the world
- Graham, Martha > Night journey
- Costume > History
- Note
- Walter Terry speaks about the dancer's body; recorded on October 31, 1965 and broadcast 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.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-2110
- OCLC
- 51057686
- Author
Terry, Walter.
- Title
The dancer's body/ Walter Terry
- Imprint
1965.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its program series, Invitation to dance October 31, 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 32 minutes); acetate; full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto72110_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-6
Former call number: *MGZT 7-6
Former call number *MGZTL 4-2110
- Local Note
*MGZTC 3-6 (Former classmark)
*MGZTC 3-2110 (Former classmark)
*MGZT 7-6 (Former classmark)
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-6. Relabeled as *MGZTO 7-2110 as of September 11, 2014. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-2110.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2110.
- Connect to:
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2110