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Interview with Sugar Sullivan
- Title
- Interview with Sugar Sullivan [sound recording].
- Author
- Sullivan, Sugar.
- Publication
- 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2323 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2323 (sound cassette) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sommer, Sally.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.) +
- Summary
- Ms. Sullivan discusses her first dance experiences in class, growing up in a boarding house in Harlem and being taught by performers who stayed there; learning the lindy hop from musicals; learning dances from her mother; shake dancers; stories about her life in New York at this time; entering dance contests and going to the Savoy Ballroom to dance; the music that was popular at uptown clubs during the 1940s and 1950s as well as some of the dance styles such as ballroom. She describes particular steps from the lindy hop. Interview stops and resumes on 3/21/01. Sullivan and Sommer spell names that have been discussed in the interview; Sullivan recounts stories about her life at this time, including how she managed her children while dancing; her first experiences going to the Savoy ballroom; her ideas on what makes a great lindy hopper; partnering; her own style and technique for certain steps; her response to her own success; teaching others the lindy.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview conducted by Sally Sommer.
- Recorded on March 19, 2001 and March 21, 2001 in Durham, N. C. For transcript see *MGZMT 3-2323.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2323.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2323
- OCLC
- NYPY02-R6
- Author
- Sullivan, Sugar. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Sugar Sullivan [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2001.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Social dancing -- 20th century.
- Added Author
- Sommer, Sally. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2323 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2323 [Cassette]