Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Ethel Winter. December 20, 1976, 1976.

Author

Winter, Ethel

Publication

1976

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Details

Additional Authors

Nuchtern, Jean

Description

3 sound discs (approximately two hours and 12 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (approximately 33 minutes). Ethel Winter speaks with Jean Nuchtern about her early dance training; attending Bennington College where she first learned about modern dance and was introduced to Martha Graham; her first performances of Graham's works; moving to New York after graduation to join Graham's company [Martha Graham Dance Company]; various works Graham created while Winter was in her company including Night journey, Dark meadow, and Salem shore; her illness and recuperation; touring in Asia with the company [ends abruptly].
• Disc 2 (approximately 50 minutes). Ethel Winter continues to speak with Jean Nuchtern about performing in Martha Graham's works including in Seraphic dialogue; performing in a revival of Graham's Hérodiade including her view of the work's themes; other Graham works in which she performed; how the audience's response prompted a change in Graham's view of her work Acrobats of God; dancing in Graham's work Clytemnestra including a performance anecdote; the audience response to Clytemnestra; participating in the company's lecture demonstration programs, in London, Israel and elsewhere; Graham's work Appalachian spring including Winter's interpretation of the role of the Bride [ends abruptly]; an anecdote about Graham and Winter's costume.
• Disc 3 (approximately 49 minutes). Ethel Winter speaks with Jean Nuchtern about performing roles Martha Graham originated; Graham's sense of humor and wit; Winter's arts-related activities outside of the company; Graham's work Night journey including performing the role of Jocasta; leaving the company in 1970 [gap from 35:21 - 37:25 due to erasing of this section of the recording by Nuchtern at Winter's request]; more on Night journey; Graham's work Deaths and entrances including her memories of its performance at Bennington College; her relationship with Graham; her regret that she did not do more commercial dancing, on Broadway; briefly, her experience with managing and choreographing for her own company.

Alternative Title

Dance Oral History Project.

Subjects

• Graham, Martha
• Graham, Martha > Clytemnestra
• Graham, Martha > Night journey
• Graham, Martha > Appalachian spring
• Martha Graham Dance Company
• Audiotapes > Winter, E
• Winter, Ethel

Note

• Interview with Ethel Winter conducted by Jean Nuchtern on December 20, 1976 for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project. Approximately two minutes of disc 3 (35:21 - 37:25) was erased by Jean Nuchtern at Ethel Winter's request.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including significant "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible. Approximately two minutes of disc 3 (35:21 - 37:25) was erased by Jean Nuchtern at Ethel Winter's request.

Funding (note)

• The conservation 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

*MGZTL 4-417

OCLC

81359111

Author

Winter, Ethel, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Ethel Winter. December 20, 1976, 1976.

Production

1976

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by Jean Nuchtern 1976, December 20 New York (N.Y.)

Funding

The conservation 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.

Original Version

Original format: two sound reels (approximately two hours and 12 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Local Note

For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-417

Former classmark: *MGZT 5-417

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Added Author

Nuchtern, Jean, interviewer.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-417