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Interview with Jean Erdman
- Title
- Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]
- Author
- Erdman, Jean.
- Publication
- 1983.
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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. | disc 3 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1537 disc 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. | disc 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1537 disc 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. | disc 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1537 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sears, David, 1948-1992.
- Description
- 3 sound discs (ca. 179 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 64 min.). Erdman speaks about dancing for Martha Graham; dancing for Anna Sokolow and studying with Hanya Holm, Louis Horst, and others at Bennington College; travelling to Bali; marrying Joseph Campbell and joining Martha Graham's company; Graham's work Every soul is a circus [with frequent references to photographs from a book by Barbara Morgan entitled Martha Graham: sixteen dances in photographs?]; reminisces about Merce Cunningham; John Cage; Erdman's personal relationship with Graham; working with Erick Hawkins; Erdman's dissatisfaction with speaking rather than dancing roles; change in Graham's style after Hawkins entered her company; influence of cinema on certain Graham works, including Herodiade; the relation between the score and the spoken text of Letter to the world [ends abruptly].
- Disc 2 (ca. 63 min.). Continuation of discussion of Letter to the world, in particular Erdman's detailed description of the 1940 performance in which Erdman had the role of One who speaks [Erdman and the interviewer also refer at times to photographs, probably from Barbara Morgan's book; recording ends abruptly].
- Disc 3 (ca. 52 min.). Continuation of description of the 1940 performance of Letter to the world [Erdman and the interviewer also refer at times to photographs, probably from Barbara Morgan's book]; the 1970 revival of the work at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a later revival; reminisces about her research for Graham's work Punch and the Judy and Erdman's role as the speaking Fate.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of David Sears.
- Oral History Archive.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Jean Erdman conducted by David Sears on January 29, 1983.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1537
- OCLC
- NYPY03-R21
- Author
- Erdman, Jean. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jean Erdman [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1983.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1537 nos. 1-3Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1537 nos. 1-3Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1537 nos. 1-3
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Erdman, J.
- Added Author
- Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1537