| Description |
4 sound tape reels (7 hours, 31 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec. (reels 1 & 4) and 3 3/4 in. per sec. (reels 2-3) ; (5 in.) |
| Note |
Interviewed by Jean Nuchtern June 23, June 28, December 3, and December 10, 1976 in New York. |
| Contents |
SUMMARY: Reel 1. Mary Hinkson discusses her childhood and college experiences in dance; Margaret H'Doubler; Louise Koeppler; studying with the Graham company; Canticle for innocent comedians; Seraphic dialogue; the way Martha Graham developed and expanded the technique; working with John Butler in Amahl and the night visitors and in other television ballets; Diversion of angels; Ardent song; changes in Seraphic dialogue and in Clytemnestra; learning different roles; Embattled garden; Circe. Reel 2. Ms Hinkson discusses Circe; Part real, part dream; learning Graham's role in Dark meadow; how Graham directed her in Deaths and entrances; learning roles from films; the use of dramatic imagery in Clytemnestra; the role of Medea in Cave of the heart. Reel 3. Ms Hinkson discusses studio performances given during the early 1970s; developing an apprentice company; Ron Protas; her break with Martha Graham. Reel 4. Ms. Hinkson discusses working with John Butler in the New York City Opera ballet and in television productions; Pearl Lang; Alvin Ailey; auditioning for George Balanchine and dancing in Figures in the carpet; working with Glen Tetley in Ricercare and Seven deadly sins; Anna Sokolow's Seven deadly sins. |
| Access |
Permission required. |
| Subject |
Protas, Ron.
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Tetley, Glen.
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Butler, John, 1920-
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H'Doubler, Margaret Newell, b. 1889.
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Graham, Martha.
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Martha Graham Dance Company.
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Canticle for innocent comedians (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Cave of the heart (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Circe (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Clytemnestra (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Dark meadow (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Deaths and entrances (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Diversion of angels (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Embattled garden (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Part real - part dream (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Seraphic dialogue (Choreographic work : Graham)
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Ricercare (Choreographic work : Tetley)
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Seven deadly sins (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
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| Local Subject |
Audiotapes -- Hinkson, M.
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| Added Author |
Nuchtern, Jean, Interviewer.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Oral History Archive - Oral History Project.
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| Call No. |
*MGZT 5-705
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| Research Call Number |
*MGZT 5-705
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