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Interview with Kurt Jooss [sound recording]

Title
Interview with Kurt Jooss [sound recording]
Author
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979
Publication
1976.

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cassette 1AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-565 cassette 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
cassette 2AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-565 cassette 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
cassette 3AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-565 cassette 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Tobias, Tobi.
Description
3 sound cassettes (ca. 222 min.)
Alternative Title
Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewed by Tobi Tobias Sept. 26, 1976 in New York.
  • For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-565.
  • Sound quality is fair, and the speakers are clearly audible. However, the recordings are marred by extraneous noise and small gaps. The duration of of side 1 of each of the three cassettes is ca. 51 min. while the duration of side 2 of each cassette is only ca. 24 min.
Contents
Kurt Jooss discusses the creation of The green table; Isadora Duncan; his teacher Rudolf von Laban; Fritz Cohen, composer of The green table; the choreographic process; the 1932 choreographic competition sponsored by the Archives Internationales de la Danse; politics and art; his working relationship with the Joffrey Ballet; Labanotation; and some of his other works.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-565
OCLC
NYPY807032280-R
Author
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Kurt Jooss [sound recording]
Imprint
1976.
Local Note
Preservation master tape: *MGZTO 7-565
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-565
Local Subject
Politics in art.
Audiotapes -- Jooss, K.
Added Author
Tobias, Tobi. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-565
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