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Ruth St. Denis: lecture and class at Jacob's Pillow

Title
Ruth St. Denis: lecture and class at Jacob's Pillow [sound recording].
Author
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
Publication
[195-]

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Spoken word recordingSupervised use *MGZTL 4-2613Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010
  • Oral history archive
Found In
Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 49 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
[Begins abruptly.] Ruth St. Denis speaks to a class at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, including the advice she gave Ted Shawn upon (or shortly after) the founding of Jacob's Pillow; various spiritual and visionary aspects of being an artist, in dance and other arts; the human body as an instrument; [the sound quality in tracks 8-10 is very poor and St. Denis is frequently unintelligible. St. Denis seems to speaking about costume for dance, in particular use of the veil; ends abruptly].
Alternative Title
Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.
Subjects
Note
  • Ruth St. Denis speaks to a class at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, in Lee, Mass., in the early 1950s, primarily about various aspects of being an artist, in dance and other fields.
  • Sound quality ranges from poor to very poor. The recording has a high level of distortion resulting in considerable difficulty in understanding the speaker, whose voice at times is unintelligible. In addition, there are occasional short gaps.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010 and the New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
System Details (note)
  • Transferred from 1 sound reel (ca. 49 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; half track; 5 in.; originally recorded in the early 1950s) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Source (note)
  • Helene Breazeale;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Separated from Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959, (S) *MGZMD 209
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2613
OCLC
650275296
Author
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968. Speaker
Title
Ruth St. Denis: lecture and class at Jacob's Pillow [sound recording].
Imprint
[195-]
Funding
Preservation was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010 and the New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
System Details
Transferred from 1 sound reel (ca. 49 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; half track; 5 in.; originally recorded in the early 1950s) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Linking Entry
Separated from Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959, (S) *MGZMD 209
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 5-2613
Added Author
Breazeale, Helen. Donor
National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.
New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
Oral history archive.
Added Title
Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.
Found In:
Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2613
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