Research Catalog

Interview with Senta Driver

Title: Interview with Senta Driver [sound recording]
Author: Driver, Senta
Publication: 1993.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

5 Items

Item details
Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 1	Spoken word recording	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 2	Spoken word recording	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 3	Spoken word recording	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.		Spoken word recording	Supervised use	*MGZMT 3-1842 [Transcript]	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.		Spoken word recording	Supervised use	*MGZMT 3-1842 (transcript)	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Details

Additional Authors

Description

3 sound cassettes (ca. 4 hr.) +

Alternative Title

Dance Oral History Project.
Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

Note

Interviewed by Lesley Farlow at Ms. Driver's home in New York City, July 31, 1993.
For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1842.

Access (note)

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Local note

Preservation master cassette in: *MGZTCO 3-1842.
Archival transcript in: *MGZMTO 3-1842.

Call Number

*MGZMT 3-1842

OCLC

NYPY96-R9

Author

Driver, Senta. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Senta Driver [sound recording]

Imprint

1993.

Summary

Cassette 1. Ms. Driver discusses her first exposure to dance; attending Ohio State; seeing the premier of Paul Taylor's Aureole; meeting Mr. Taylor; her interest in production and lighting design; the influence of lighting designer Thomas Skelton on her choreography; lighting designer Jennifer Tipton; choreographer William Forsythe; current trends in choreography; leaving Taylor's company to do her own choreography; Taylor's work American genesis; and Taylor's behavior and personality.

Cassette 2. Ms. Driver discusses her solo work; the early group work with Andrea Stark and composer Tom Johnson; her choreographies Melodrama and Sudden death; dancers Susan Hadley and Larry Hahn; her choreographies Resettings and Second generation; her work on partnering; and her emotional states.

Cassette 3. Ms. Driver discusses her interest in exploring new use of stage space; the development of her own technique; the creation of her work Semi-formal; her choreography Secret kindnesses; video projects with Gary Halverson and Dennis Diamond; her choreographies Video 5000 and Show; and her decision to leave dance.

Local Note

Preservation master cassette in: *MGZTCO 3-1842.

Archival transcript in: *MGZMTO 3-1842.

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Added Author

Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer

DHCA

Research Call Number

*MGZMT 3-1842 [Transcript]

*MGZTC 3-1842 [Cassette]

View in Legacy Catalog