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Interview with Dudley Williams
- Title
- Interview with Dudley Williams [sound recording]
- Author
- Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
- Publication
- 2002.
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| Status | Vol/Date | 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. | transcript | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2343 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. | cassette 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2343 cassette 1 | 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. | cassette 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2343 cassette 2 | 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. | cassette 3 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2343 cassette 3 | 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. | cassette 4 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2343 cassette 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tracy, Robert.
- Description
- 4 sound cassettes (ca. 360 min.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1. 1/30/02. Williams discusses his family background; his childhood; becoming involved with dance; auditioning for and going to the High School of Performing Arts; his teachers there, including May O'Donnell; his fellow students, including Eleo Pomare; working with Martha Graham; meeting and working with Donald McKayle; his life after high school; more on Graham; Tracy discusses racial discrimination in dance seeking Williams' response.
- Cassette 2. 2/4/02. Discussion returns to Graham pieces mentioned in cassette 1, including One more gaudy night, Secular games, Circe; other aspects of working with Graham and in her company; his knee injury; Graham's support during his recovery and her anger when he chose to leave her company; working with Hava Kohav; more on Eleo Pomare and his choreography; working in musical theatre; working with Alvin Ailey; various works of Ailey's, including Reflections in D and Blues suite; the particular challenges of learning Ailey's work.
- Cassette 3. 2/11/02. Taking class; working with a variety of people and being exposed to different techniques and styles including that of Karel Shook, Walter Nicks, Matt Mattox and Talley Beatty; his difficulties with jazz technique; the various sections of Revelations; Ailey's attitude toward interpretations and interpreters of his work; Williams' insecurities about Ailey's feelings toward him and the difficulties of their rehearsing together; the creation of the pieces Love songs and Song for you; taking responsibility for the company when Ailey was ill; the origins of Streams; other works, including Mary Lou's mass, Lark ascending and Knoxville: Summer of 1915; teaching pieces to the next generation; the essence of performance; people who worked with the company including ballerina Lynn Seymour and dancer Peter Wooden.
- Cassette 4. 2/13/02. The Duke Ellington festival, including Reflections in D; working with musicians; the piece Caravan by Louis Falco; compares Falco's creative process with George Faison's and with Ailey's; the Ailey company's frequent performances in New York; John Butler's Carmina Burana; his feelings about John Butler and Jerome Robbins; the creation of Memoria; Ailey's mental breakdown; the creation of Phases; the division between the private and professional lives of members of the company; For Bird, with love; the creation of Opus McShann; saying goodbye before Ailey's death.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015 > Interviews
- Mary Lou's mass (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Ailey, Alvin
- Graham, Martha
- For Bird - with love (Choregraphic work : Ailey)
- Audiotapes > Williams, D
- Song for you (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Lark ascending (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Streams (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Caravan (Choreographic work : Falco)
- O'Donnell, May
- Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Reflections in D (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Falco, Louis
- Memoria (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Revelations (Choregraphic work : Ailey)
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Phases (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Love songs (Choreographic work : Ailey)
- Pomare, Eleo
- Kohav, Hava
- Note
- Interview conducted by Robert Tracy on Jan. 30, and Feb. 4, 11, and 13, 2002, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2343.
- Access (note)
- Photography of the transcript permitted for research purposes only.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2343
- OCLC
- NYPY03-R10
- Author
- Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Dudley Williams [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 2002.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Restricted Access
- Photography of the transcript permitted for research purposes only.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Williams, D.
- Added Author
- Tracy, Robert. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2343 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2343 (sound cassettes)