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Festival of the dance: Interview excerpts: Interview with Rudy Perez

Title
Festival of the dance: Interview excerpts: Interview with Rudy Perez, 1972-973.
Author
Perez, Rudy
Publication
1972-1973

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Details

Description
One streaming file (approximately 21 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
Streaming file (approximately 21 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Rudy Perez speaks about how he started dancing and choreographing; supporting himself with various non-dance jobs; trying to define modern dance; cycles in modern dance ideas and trends; reasons people choose dance as a career; his own work including the impetus to be current; his reaction to reviews of his work, in particular, a bad review by Clive Barnes; the many dance-related fields, for example dance therapy [ends abruptly].
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Recording made from the audio portion of the outtakes from the film, Festival of the dance (see Festival of the dance, cataloged as: *MGZIC 7-98.) recorded between 1972-1973. This section consists of an interview with Rudy Perez, in his studio at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps, and the interviewer's voice is often soft. However, Rudy Perez's voice is clearly intelligible.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL research libraries.
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
*MGZTC 3-1099, reel 2 (former)
OCLC
78403304
Author
Perez, Rudy, interviewee.
Title
Festival of the dance: Interview excerpts: Interview with Rudy Perez, 1972-973.
Production
1972-1973
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL research libraries.
Event
Recordings copied from audio portion of outtakes of the film Festival of the dance 1972-1973
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 21 minutes); polyester; quarter-track, 1.875 ips.
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Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-1099, reel 2 (former)
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