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Interview with Ruth Currier

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	cassette 1	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-2276 cassette 1	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.	cassette 2	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTC 3-2276 cassette 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Additional Authors

Siegel, Marcia B.

Description

2 sound cassettes (ca. 77 min.)

Summary

Cassette 1, side A (ca. 27 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Ruth Currier speaks about first meeting and studying composition with Doris Humphrey; taking classes with José Limón; Humphrey's and Limón's working methods; Limón's work Missa brevis; the José Limón Dance Company's European tour and its effect on Limón's and Humphrey's relationship [ends abruptly].
Cassette 1, side B (ca. 25 min.). Currier continues to speak about the European tour; her use of notation in learning works by Humphrey, including Shakers (Dance of the chosen) and in reviving them; Humphrey's method of reviving a work; whether it is possible to revive dances choreographed directly on Limón, such as Day on earth [interruption followed by resumption of interview]; Humphrey's work Invention; Humphrey's work Night spell, including its creation on Currier and Betty [Jones] and Humphrey's changing of its ending [ends abruptly].
Cassette 2, side A (ca. 25 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Ruth Currier speaks about Humphrey's work Ruins and visions, including the reasons it is rarely performed; Humphrey's work Ritmo jondo; completing Humphrey's work Brandenburg concerto number 4; her personal relationship with Humphrey; Humphrey as a person including her reticence concerning private matters; Humphrey's marriage; Currier's feeling that Humphrey was an enigma; anecdote about a dinner at Humphrey's home.

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Note

Interview with Ruth Currier conducted by Marcia B. Siegel on June 4, 1984, in Currier's studio in New York City, possibly as research for her book Days on earth: the dance of Doris Humphrey, c. 1987.
The recording is marred by extraneous music and noises. In addition, side B of cassette 1 has occasional short gaps.

Funding (note)

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2276

OCLC

NYPY04-R49

Author

Currier, Ruth, 1926- Interviewee

Title

Interview with Ruth Currier [sound recording]

Imprint

1984.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Archival originals: *MGZTCO 3-2276 nos. 1-2

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2276 nos. 1-2

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Currier, R.

Added Author

Siegel, Marcia B. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2276