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Interview with Doris Hering on regional dance.

Title
Interview with Doris Hering on regional dance.
Author
Hering, Doris
Publication
1978.

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Details

Additional Authors
Frank, Ellen
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 21 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 21 minutes). [Introduction of program followed by high-pitched noise.] Ellen Frank introduces Doris Hering, executive director of the National Association for Regional Ballet [NARB]; Doris Hering speaks with Ellen Frank about the growth of dance in the United States; NARB, including its origins and its membership requirements; NARB's five annual regional festivals; the summer (choreographic) craft conferences held for directors of regional companies; NARB's new national choreography plan, created to make new choreography available to regional directors; regional differences in dance as seen in dance companies and their repertoires; NARB's criteria for designating companies as professional; minimum annual budgets of dance companies and the necessity of constant fund-raising; how a community can best support for a company; the role of the artistic director as manager, teacher and choreographer; the current situation and the direction dance in the United States appear to be taking.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of Doris Hering.
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Doris Hering conducted by Ellen Frank for broadcast by the radio station WJCT-FM, on December 20, 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • 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.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-603
OCLC
36193335
Author
Hering, Doris, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Doris Hering on regional dance.
Imprint
1978.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for radio station WJCT-FM, Jacksonville (Fla.) December 20, 1978 Jacksonville (Fla.)
Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 21 minutes); polyester, full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7603_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-603
Former call number: *MGZT 7-603
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-603; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; polyester. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-603; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Chronological Term
1900-1999
Local Subject
Regional ballet.
Added Author
Frank, Ellen, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-603
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