| Description |
2 sound cassettes (135 min.) + 1 transcript (40 leaves ; 28 cm.) |
| Note |
For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-1990. |
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Interviewed by Irina Klyagin in Ms. Cohen's New York City apartment, January 22, and February 5, 1996. |
| Summary |
Cassette 1. Recorded January 22, 1996. Ms. Cohen disucsses her first exposure to dance through ballet and other classes with Edna McCrae; her family background; her dissertation on Gerard Manley Hoplins: her first published work in the American Journal of Aesthetics; teaching and studying at Eugene Loring's school; deciding to come to New York; becoming acquainted with dance forms other than ballet; teaching at the High School of Performing Arts; her experiences as a dance critic; teaching seminars supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities; Al Pischl and developing the idea of Dance Perspectives; becoming the magazine's editor; her decision to leave Dance Perspectives; different teaching experiences; the Dance Perspectives Foundation and the De la Torre Bueno Prize; developing courses in dance writing and criticism; Society of Dance History Scholars; and the pending International Encyclopedia of Dance. |
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Cassette 2. Recorded February 5, 1996 (side A only). Ms. Cohen describes the influence on her of people in professions other than dance; the resistance of the dance world to her ideas; her books: The modern dance: seven statements of belief, Doris Humphrey: an artist first, Next week, Swan lake, and the pending dance encyclopedia; the historical relationship between modern dance and ballet; the new generation of dance critics; Deborah Jowitt; Mindy Aloff; the training of dance writers; and theoretical issues. |
| Local Note |
Preservation master cassettes: *MGZTCO 3-1990. |
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Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-1990. |
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Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1990. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track. |
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Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD) |
| Subject |
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005 -- Interviews.
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McRae, Edna L.
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Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889.
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Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982.
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Jowitt, Deborah.
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Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
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Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music and the Arts (New York, N.Y.)
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National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Dance Perspectives Foundation.
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Society of Dance History Scholars (U.S.)
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International encyclopedia of dance.
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Dance perspectives.
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De la Torre Bueno Prize.
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| Local Subject |
Audiotapes -- Cohen, S.
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Audiotapes -- Klyagin, I.
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| Added Author |
Klyagin, Irina, Interviewer.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Oral History Archive. Oral History Project.
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| Call No. |
*MGZMT 3-1990 (transcript)
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| Research Call Number |
*MGZMT 3-1990 (transcript)
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*MGZTC 3-1990 (sound cassette)
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