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Interview with Kurt Jooss and Anna Markard

Title
Interview with Kurt Jooss and Anna Markard, 1976
Author
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979
Publication
1976.

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Additional Authors
  • Markard, Anna, 1931-
  • Gruen, John
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 59 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 59 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by Oscar Buhler.] John Gruen, host, introduces Kurt Jooss and Anna Markard, Jooss's daughter, and speaks about the upcoming performances of his work by the Joffrey Ballet; Kurt Jooss speaks with Gruen about the dramatic elements of his choreography including the relationship of emotion and movement and the influence of Rudolf von Laban; reasons his ballet The big city and other works are short compared to today's ballets [a recording of waltz music by Joseph Lanner is played]; Jooss speaks about his ballet Ball in old Vienna and its revival by the Joffrey Ballet; Anna Markard speaks about the process of reviving a ballet such as Ball in old Vienna; Jooss speaks about his ballet Pavane (set to Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte); Antony Tudor; Markard speaks about how she works with dancers [a recording of Pavane pour une infante défunte is played followed by commerical announcements]; Gruen and Jooss speak about the revival of Pavane by the Joffrey Ballet; his lost ballets; the Ballet Jooss; his and the company members' flight from National Socialist Germany; his admiration for Jerome Robbins' work; his dislike of the impersonal quality of the dancers in George Balanchine's ballets; his current activities promoting dance internationally; closing remarks, advertisements, and announcements.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive.
Uniform Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Kurt Jooss and Anna Markard conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on March 8, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is excellent.
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
*MGZTCO 3-638 Side A
OCLC
78374833
Author
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Kurt Jooss and Anna Markard, 1976
Imprint
1976.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, March 8 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: one sound cassette (approximately 59 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3638_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-638 Side A
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Added Author
Markard, Anna, 1931- interviewee.
Gruen, John, interviewer.
Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-638 Side A
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