Research Catalog

Title

Dance classes at Jacob's Pillow [sound recording].

Author

La Meri, 1898-1988.

Publication

[195-]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987.
• 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. 59 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Tracks 1 -6 (ca. 29 min.). Greek dance exercises, no. 1-52 accompanied by piano music composed by Mary Starling, and classical exercises no. 90-115, also with piano accompaniment, led by an unidentified woman. This part of the recording consists of the sounds of the voice stating the number of the exercise and the accompanying piano music. Ends abruptly.
• Tracks 7- ca. 40 sec. into track 8 (ca. 6 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Antony Tudor is teaching a dance class at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, in Lee, Mass., in the early 1950s. This part of the recording consists of Tudor's instructions and the sounds of the piano accompaniment. Part of the sound quality of this section is very poor.
• Track 8, from ca. 1:40 min. - track 12 (ca. 23 min.). [Begins abruptly.] La Meri speaks about different kinds of Hindu dance and their origins, including Bharata natyam, Kathakali, Kathak, and Manipuri; Rabindranath Tagore and classical dance in India; the import of Western influences; more on Bharata natyam and muni Bharata [muni or sage Bharata, the author to whom the basic text Nasya Shastra is traditionally attributed] ; hand and feet postures; body movements [ends abruptly]. Substantial parts of this section of the recording are marred by a continuous humming noise. The sound quality of this section of the recording is fair for the most part, but occasionally becomes very poor due to extraneous noises.

Alternative Title

Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.

Subjects

• Audiotapes > La Meri
• Dance > India
• Audiotapes > Tudor, A
• La Meri, 1898-1988
• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987

Note

• Greek dance exercises and classical exercises led by unidentified woman, with piano accompaniment (tracks 1-6.); Antony Tudor's dance class (track 7 - ca. 40 sec. into track 8); and La Meri on Hindu dance (track 8, from ca. 1:40 min. to track 12); at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, Mass. in the early 1950s.
• Sound quality ranges from fair to very poor. There are numerous gaps and, at times, extraneous noises.

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. 59 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 4-2607

OCLC

652892091

Author

La Meri, 1898-1988. Speaker

Title

Dance classes 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. 59 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 5-2607

Added Author

Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987. Teacher

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 4-2607