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Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]

Title
Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]
Author
Erdman, Jean.
Publication
1985.

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AudioRestricted use *MGZTC 3-886Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Ito, Sachiyo.
Description
1 sound cassette (45 min.)
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewed by Sachiyo Ito 4 Jan. 1985 in New York City.
Contents
SUMMARY: Jean Erdman discusses studying Isadora Duncan dancing as a child; performing in Japan and India in the early 1950s; meeting Balasaraswati; her first classes with Martha Graham; the development of her concept of "total theatre;" studying music theory with Norman Lloyd; The Coach with the Six Insides; a play she is currently directing and choreographing; setting up the curriculum for New York University's School of the Arts; her approach to teaching technique; the Theatre of the Open Eye; developing one's own artistic vision.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-886
OCLC
NYPY867009423-R
Author
Erdman, Jean. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]
Imprint
1985.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Erdman, J.
Added Author
Ito, Sachiyo. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-886
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