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Interview with Senta Driver

Title
Interview with Senta Driver [sound recording]
Author
Driver, Senta.
Publication
1993.

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reel 3AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette] reel 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 2AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette] reel 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 1AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette] reel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-1842 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional Authors
  • Farlow, Lesley.
  • DHCA
Description
3 sound cassettes (ca. 4 hr.) +
Summary
  • Cassette 1. Ms. Driver discusses her first exposure to dance; attending Ohio State; seeing the premier of Paul Taylor's Aureole; meeting Mr. Taylor; her interest in production and lighting design; the influence of lighting designer Thomas Skelton on her choreography; lighting designer Jennifer Tipton; choreographer William Forsythe; current trends in choreography; leaving Taylor's company to do her own choreography; Taylor's work American genesis; and Taylor's behavior and personality.
  • Cassette 2. Ms. Driver discusses her solo work; the early group work with Andrea Stark and composer Tom Johnson; her choreographies Melodrama and Sudden death; dancers Susan Hadley and Larry Hahn; her choreographies Resettings and Second generation; her work on partnering; and her emotional states.
  • Cassette 3. Ms. Driver discusses her interest in exploring new use of stage space; the development of her own technique; the creation of her work Semi-formal; her choreography Secret kindnesses; video projects with Gary Halverson and Dennis Diamond; her choreographies Video 5000 and Show; and her decision to leave dance.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewed by Lesley Farlow at Ms. Driver's home in New York City, July 31, 1993.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1842.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZMT 3-1842
OCLC
NYPY96-R9
Author
Driver, Senta. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Senta Driver [sound recording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Note
Preservation master cassette in: *MGZTCO 3-1842.
Archival transcript in: *MGZMTO 3-1842.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer
DHCA
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-1842 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-1842 [Cassette]
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