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Interview with Dorothy Bird
- Title
- Interview with Dorothy Bird [sound recording]
- Author
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
- Publication
- 1985-86.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 4 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-953 [sound cassette] reel 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 3 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-953 [sound cassette] reel 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 2 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-953 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 1 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-953 [sound cassette] reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Farlow, Lesley.
- Description
- 4 sound cassettes (5 hours, 45 min.)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by Lesley Farlow 5 & 10 Dec. 1985; 25 Feb. and 1 April 1986 in Merrick, New York.
- For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-953.
- Contents
- SUMMARY: Reel 1. Dorothy Bird discusses her childhood; studying with Martha Graham at the Cornish School; exercises in the Graham technique; working with Doris Humphrey in the Limón, Seckler, Bird Dance Group. - Reel 2. The Limón, Seckler, Bird Dance Group; her friendship with Martha Graham; joining the Graham company; the Neighborhood Playhouse; members of the Graham company; leaving the company for Broadway. - Reel 3. Hooray for what; Agnes de Mille; Primitive Mysteries; Helen Tamiris and the show, Park Avenue; teaching at the School of American Ballet; George Balanchine. - Reel 4. Leaving Broadway; Anna Sokolow; Anita Alvarez; principles of the Graham technique; the Limón, Seckler, Bird Dance Group; Jack Cole; Jerome Robbins at Camp Tamiment; her own choreography; Green Mansions; meeting Paul Villard; her marriage; the McCarthy hearings.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-953
- OCLC
- NYPY877014971-R
- Author
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Dorothy Bird [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1985-86.
- Local Note
- Open as of 11/01/07.
- Local Subject
- Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.Audiotapes -- Bird, D.
- Added Author
- Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-953