- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 58 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 58 minutes). John Gruen, host, introduces Joanne Woodward; Gruen and Woodward speak about her interest in dance and her relationship with Dennis Wayne's new company, Dancers; Dennis Wayne speaks about forming Dancers after leaving American Ballet Theatre; the dancers in the company; Woodward and Wayne speak about the company [a recording of Mozart's Piano concerto no. 21, K.417, in C major, Adagio movement, used in Gerald Arpino's ballet Secret places, is played]; Gruen, Wayne, and Woodward speak about Wayne's business plan for a self-sustaining company, including a theater and a school; fund raising; the repertory and management style envisioned for the company [a recording of an excerpt from Sinfonía india (Symphonies, no. 2) by Carlos Chávez is played]; Woodward speaks about how she came to be interested in ballet; Gruen, Wayne, and Woodward speak about the upcoming season including the extent to which Wayne will be dancing; more on fund raising; closing remarks and announcements.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Dennis Wayne and Joanne Woodward conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on August 2, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair to poor. The speakers' voices are intelligible but can be difficult to understand.
- 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 3-655 Side B
- OCLC
- 77790411
- Author
Wayne, Dennis, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Dennis Wayne and Joanne Woodward, 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, August 2 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 one 58 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3655_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-655 Side B
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
Woodward, Joanne, 1930- interviewee.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-655 Side B