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The Judson Dance Theater and the avant-garde dance: lecture

Title
The Judson Dance Theater and the avant-garde dance: lecture, 1968.
Author
Carmines, Al.
Publication
1968.

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Details

Additional Authors
Dunn, Robert Ellis.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 51 minutes) : digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Following an announcement about the exhibition on avant-garde dance [at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts], Robert Dunn, dance composition teacher and dance librarian, introduces the Reverend Al Carmines and speaks about his background in theology and the arts including music, dance, film, and theater. Reverend Al Carmines, associate minister and director of the arts program at Judson Memorial Church, New York (N.Y.), speaks about the traditional attitude of Christian (in particular Protestant) churches in the United States toward dance; the origins and aesthetics of the Judson Dance Theater; unique aspects of the performances of the early years; the influence of the Judson Dance Theater on the Judson Memorial Church including, in one example, inspiring an innovative Easter celebration; the influence of the Judson Dance Theater on Carmine's musical compositions; some of the songs he has composed [he sings and plays excerpts of some of his compositions including one based on the sayings of Mao Zedong]. Question and answer period [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
  • Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 4 minutes). Continuation of question and answer period with the Reverend Al Carmines.
Donor/Sponsor
New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Lecture on the Judson Dance Theater and avant-garde dance; recorded on September 30, 1968 in the Auditorium of the Lincoln Center Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, New York (N.Y.) [now the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center]. This was fourth and last in a series of lectures on avant-garde dance sponsored by the New York Public Library's Dance Collection [now the Jerome Robbins Dance Division], and the New York State Council on the Arts. The lecture-series was presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Avant-garde dance.
  • The sound quality is very good except for the questions from the audience, which are almost entirely unintelligible.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Funding (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-4, reel 1
OCLC
51057687
Author
Carmines, Al.
Title
The Judson Dance Theater and the avant-garde dance: lecture, 1968.
Imprint
1968.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Event
Lecture given at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Recorded on September 30, 1968 New York (N.Y.)
Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 51 minutes); acetate; quarter-track; 3.75 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto74_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto74_v02f01r01_sc.
Funding
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.
Local Note
Arch. orig.: *MGZTO 7-4 Reel 1.
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Local Subject
Avant-garde dance.
Added Author
Dunn, Robert Ellis.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-4, reel 1
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