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Interview with Erika Thimey.

Title
Interview with Erika Thimey., 1977
Author
Thimey, Erika, 1910-2006
Publication
1977

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Details

Additional Authors
Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 32 minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Erika Thimey speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about her early dance experiences including the impact of seeing Mary Wigman perform; physical education in high school; taking dance classes while also pursuing a course in home economics; studying at Mary Wigman's school in Dresden; Wigman's advice to Thimey in the context of the political climate of 1936; Thimey's work with an opera company [Dessau Civic Theatre and Opera] in Dessau, Germany; more on her studies at Wigman's school; Thimey's and the other students' view of ballet; her own first works; Wigman and the "heroic gesture" [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
  • Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 44 minutes). Erika Thimey speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about the "heroic gesture"; visiting Germany during the late 1930s; her time in Chicago; her career after Chicago including her partnership with Jan Veen; teaching and performing in Washington, D.C. including her choreographing of a movement choir at Howard University; her own retirement from dancing; studying Humphrey-Weidman technique and Graham technique; Mary Wigman as a rebel against ballet.
Alternative Title
Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sound recordings.
  • Oral histories.
Note
  • For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-1455.
  • Interview with Erika Thimey conducted by Elizabeth Kendall in January 1977, in Washington, D.C.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps.
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
*MGZTO 5-1455
OCLC
79135123
Author
Thimey, Erika, 1910-2006, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Erika Thimey., 1977
Imprint
1977
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded by Elizabeth Kendall 1977, January Washington (D.C.)
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 reel (approximately one hour and 32 minutes); polyester; half-track; 1 7/8 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto51455_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto51455_v01f02_sc.
Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-1455
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Added Author
Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-1455
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