- Additional Authors
- Oswald, Genevieve
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 37 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 52 minutes). [Fragmentary conversation; interview begins at approximately 1:24 minutes.] David Wood speaks with Genevieve Oswald about Martha Graham and her approach to rehearsals [of the Martha Graham Dance Company]; Wood's experience learning Graham's work Diversion of angels from other Graham dancers; Graham's constant revisions at rehearsals; Graham's frequent absence from scheduled rehearsals including possible reasons for this behavior; working with Graham in his role as director of rehearsals; Graham's core identity as a performer and her determination to continue performing even as she aged; works of which Graham was especially proud, in particular, Clytemnestra; other examples including Letter to the world, Deaths and entrances, Hérodiade, and Errand into the maze; her work Acrobats of God; working with Graham to create Wood's role in Clytemnestra including the costume [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 45 minutes). David Wood speaks with Genevieve Oswald about creating his role in Clytemnestra; Graham technique including its evolution over the years; his relationship with Graham; Graham's approach to creating male roles; the nature of the female roles in her works; her technique as equally suitable for men and women; his views on whether her works should be preserved; an anecdote about Graham's releasing dogs to disrupt a rehearsal of Diversion of angels; Graham's antipathy toward revivals of her work; Wood's reconstructing of Primitive mysteries and El penitente including Graham's reluctance to participate in the process; more on his views regarding whether Graham's works should be revived without Graham in them.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 5-977.
- Interview with David Wood conducted by Genevieve Oswald on July 27, 1979 for the Oral History Project of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, in New York (N.Y.).
- Sound quality is good overall.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Funding (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 5-977
- OCLC
- 82126034
- Author
Wood, David, 1925-2002, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with David Wood, 1979
- Imprint
1979.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by Genevieve Oswald for the Oral History Project July 27, 1979 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
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.
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately one hour and 37 minutes); polyester half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5977_v01f01p01_sc and myd_mgzto5977_v01f01p02_sc.
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- Added Author
Oswald, Genevieve, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-977