- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian
- Description
- One streaming file (approximately 21 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 21 minutes). Alwin Nikolais speaks with Marian Horosko about touring with his company, the Alwin Nikolais Dance Company, including its recent European tour; the favorable critical reception and interest in American modern dance in Europe; the upcoming performance and residency at Brooklyn College; how he describes his dance works including his view of the term "multimedia;" the philosophy underlying the so-called "dehumanization" of the human figure in his works [a recorded excerpt from the music, composed by Nikolais as accompaniment to his work Triptych, is played].
- Uniform Title
- Dance New York (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Interview with Alwin Nikolais conducted by Marian Horosko at the Henry Street Playhouse, in New York (N.Y.), for broadcast on the series, Dance New York, on radio station WBAI-FM, New York, on November 12 and 13, 1969.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good overall.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The 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.
- OCLC
- 918897990
- Author
Nikolais, Alwin, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Alwin Nikolais, 1969.
- Imprint
1969.
- 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 The NYPL research libraries.
- Event
Recorded for broadcast on Dance New York 1969 New York (N.Y.)
- 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 21 minutes); 7"; acetate; half-track; 7.5 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014: myd_mgzto73018_v01f01_sc. The box in which the original recording was housed indicates that the tape is "polyester." However, the metadata on file indicates that it is "acetate."
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- Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
- Added Title
Dance New York (Radio program)