- Additional Authors
- Bowers, Theresa
- Description
- 1 sound tape reel (2 hours, 19 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec.; (5 in.)
- 2 streaming files (approximately two hours and 19 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1 (approximately 1 hour and 37 minutes). Scott Douglas speaks with Theresa Bowers about his background; his first professional engagements as a dancer including on the Orpheum circuit; his dance training during and after his military service, with William Christensen, Lester Horton, and Ruth St. Denis; his time with the San Francisco Ballet including an anecdote about Adolph Bolm; joining Ballet Theatre [later American Ballet Theatre] and dancing on the European tour; briefly, working with Antony Tudor; dancers including Igor Youskevitch, Nora Kaye, and Hugh Laing as coaches; some of his roles; his foot injury and recovery; his beginning to dance lead roles, on the South American tour; how he learns a role; more on Antony Tudor; Agnes de Mille; Jerome Robbins; his regret that he never worked with Martha Graham including an anecdote about Graham; John Butler.
- Streaming file 2 (approximately 42 minutes). Scott Douglas continues to speak with Theresa Bowers about working with John Butler, in television; Glen Tetley including his work Ricercare; Butler's work Carmina burana; Douglas's choreographic efforts; Eugene Loring's work Capital of the world; Douglas's relationship with Lucia Chase; works by Herbert Ross in which he has danced; Lupe Serrano including as a partner; Jerome Robbins including the year Douglas danced for his company [Ballets: U.S.A.]; his experience as ballet master at the Stuttgarter Ballett.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Scott Douglas conducted by Theresa Bowers in New York City for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 5-586
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps. However, the speakers' voices are easily 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
- *MGZTO 5-586.
- OCLC
- 80415544
- Author
Douglas, Scott, 1927-1996, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Scott Douglas. October 30, 1978.
- Production
1978
- 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
Recorded for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1978, October 30 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 two hours and 19 minutes); 5"; polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 5-586
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bowers, Theresa, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-586.