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Interviews with John Butler and Bernard Gersten
- Title
- Interviews with John Butler and Bernard Gersten [sound recording]
- Publication
- 1967.
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- Description
- 1 sound cassette (26 min.)
- Summary
- Mr. Butler discusses his recent choreographic works for the Spoleto and Caramoor festivals; and his interest in theater pieces inspired by Martha Graham and Gian-Carlo Menotti. Carmen De Lavallade, Buzz Miller, and Robert Power then discuss their characters in Butler's dance Catulli carmina [followed by musical excerpts by Carl Orff (3 min.)]
- Mr. Gersten discusses the Harkness festival at New York City's Delacorte Theatre; some of the companies that have performed at the Delacorte since 1962; the increased public support; the New York Shakespeare Festival's purchase of the Astor Building on Lafayette Street and its conversion into multiple theaters and dance rehearsal spaces; and the NYSF's children's programs, which are co-directed by Lotte Goslar and sponsored by the New York Shakespeare Festival.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- World of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Audiotapes > Horosko, M
- Graham, Martha
- New York Dance Festival
- Audiotapes > Powell, R
- Catulli carmina (Choreographic work : Butler)
- Audiotapes > Miller, B
- Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007
- New York Shakespeare Festival Productions
- Audiotapes > Reiss, A
- Audiotapes > De Lavallade, Carmen, > 1931-
- Audiotapes > Butler, J
- Audiotapes > Gersten, B
- Goslar, Lotte
- Note
- Mr. Butler interviewed by Marian Horosko, Mr. Gersten by Alvin H. Reiss, 1967, for radio station WNYC FM, New York City as part of its series World of Dance.
- Mr. Butler's interview took place backstage at the Caramoor Festival in Katonah, N.Y. and has poor sound quality.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1915
- OCLC
- NYPY96-R70
- Title
- Interviews with John Butler and Bernard Gersten [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1967.
- Local Note
- Archival original: *MGZTO 7-1915. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1915. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Butler, J.Audiotapes -- Horosko, M.Audiotapes -- Gersten, B.Audiotapes -- Reiss, A.Audiotapes -- De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-Audiotapes -- Miller, B.Audiotapes -- Powell, R.
- Added Author
- Gersten, Bernard, interviewee.De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- interviewee.Miller, Buzz. IntervieweePowell, Robert. IntervieweeHorosko, Marian. InterviewerReiss, Alvin H. InterviewerButler, John, 1920-1993. IntervieweeDHCA.
- Added Title
- World of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1915