Research Catalog

Title

Oral history interview with Donna Wood.

Author

Wood, Donna, 1954-

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Details

Additional Authors

• Murray, James Briggs
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Description

7 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The Oral History Interview with Donna Wood documents her dance career, her work for Philip Morris, and the activities of the Donna Wood Foundation.Topics covered include: Growing up in Dayton, Ohio.; early interest in dance; influences of dance teachers Geraldine [Blondon] and Josephine and Irving Schwartz; Dayton Ballet Co.; studying with the Dance Theatre of Harlem; auditioning for a number of NYC dance companies; joining the Ailey Co.; training with Judith Jamison and Alvin Ailey; "Cry," "Revelations," and other significant Ailey works; what the Ailey Co. means to her; the decision to retire; teaching dance; Broadway performances; dance preservation; working for Philip Morris as Manager of External Affairs; marriage; and the establishment and future goals of the Donna Wood Foundation.

Subjects

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Choreography
• Interviews
• African American women dancers > Interviews
• Modern dance
• Women dancers
• Oral histories
• African American dancers
• Ailey, Alvin > Influence
• Jamison, Judith
• Dance, Black
• African American choreographers
• Wood, Donna, 1954- > Interviews
• Donna Wood Foundation

Genre/Form

• Oral histories.
• Interviews.

Event (note)

• Interview conducted June 25, 1992, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.

Terms of Use (note)

• Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

• Donna Wood (neé Sanders) was a principal dancer for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. At the time of the interview she was the CEO of the Donna Wood Foundation.

Call Number

Sc DVD-1521

OCLC

987962733

Author

Wood, Donna, 1954- interviewee.

Title

Oral history interview with Donna Wood.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD

Event

Interview conducted June 25, 1992, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.

Terms Of Use

Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography

Donna Wood (neé Sanders) was a principal dancer for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. At the time of the interview she was the CEO of the Donna Wood Foundation.

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Added Author

Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Holdings

Filmed interview.

Research Call Number

Sc DVD-1521

Sc Visual VRA-76a-b VHS

Sc Visual VRB-2006 U-matic