- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 47 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 47 minutes). Ted Shawn introduces the third program of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Santa Fe Opera Ballet), with remarks about the dancer and choreographer Thomas Andrew, in particular his work with the Santa Fe Opera Ballet, and the works to be danced by the company [short gap and applause]. Ted Shawn introduces the fifth program of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (A fiesta of Spanish dance) including his remarks about Spanish dance. [At approximately 19:20 minutes and 35:17 minutes, respectively, into the recording, Ted Shawn introduces the programs of the sixth and seventh weeks. However, the sound quality of these sections is so poor as to render them unintelligible almost in their entirety.]
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Ted Shawn's curtain speeches at the 1962 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, on the respective opening nights of the programs presented in the third week (July 10 - July 14; Santa Fe Opera Ballet), the fifth week (July 24- 28; A fiesta of Spanish dance), the sixth week (July 31-August 4; Sonia Arova and Job Sanders; Myra Kinch and Company), and the seventh week (August 7-11; Sonia Arova and Job Sanders; Hernan Baldrich; Carmen de Lavallade & Company). However, the sound quality of the recording of Shawn's speeches at the sixth and seventh week programs is so poor as to render them unintelligible almost in their entirety.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- The sound quality ranges from fair to very poor. The recording is marred by static throughout. The section from approximately 19:20 minutes to the end (the speeches relating to the programs of the sixth and seventh weeks) is almost completely unintelligible.
- 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.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-614
- OCLC
- 78124730
- Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
- Title
Curtain speeches at Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, 1962.
- Imprint
1962.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival July 10 - August 7, 1962 Lee (Mass.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 47 minutes);acetate; half-track, 3.75 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7614_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 7-614
Archive original: *MGZTO 7-614. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
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- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-614