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Erna Schulz Lane joined by Hortense Kooluris in an oral history.
- Title
- Erna Schulz Lane joined by Hortense Kooluris in an oral history.
- Author
- Lane, Erna.
- Publication
- 1975.
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- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Anita Zahn professional and personal papers, c. 1920-1991.
- Description
- 32 leaves: [1] leaf of plates; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Erna Lane and Hortense Kooluris (who was Lane's student) speak with Jeanne Bresciani, primarily about Lane's association with Isadora Duncan and her schools, including her audition as one of the "six little girls" with Isadora Duncan in Frankfurt; Isadora Duncan's siblings and the other Duncan dancers; studying dance and music at the school; briefly, Isadora as a person; briefly, Augustin and Raymond Duncan; an anecdote about Preston Sturges; reminiscences about Isadora including her grief at the loss of her children and her lack of financial sense; briefly, Anna Duncan; [Lane's] husband, Harry Lane, his first wife, Lucy; reminiscences about Elizabeth Duncan and seeing Isadora Duncan dance; Isadora's method of teaching; leaving Germany for France and then the U.S. in the wake of World War II, including life in Tarrytown, N.Y.; Lane's life and career after leaving the Duncan school including her teaching and her friendship with the Sulzberger family of The New York Times; life at the Duncan school including anecdotes about Anna Pavlova and Kaiser Wilhelm II; Lane's relationship with her mother; an anecdote about Ruth St. Denis; Vitya Seroff [Victor Seroff]; her chance meeting with Peter Kuwitsky, a former Duncan student; [Lane's] coming to the U.S. and spending two weeks on Ellis Island; more reminiscences about the other Duncan dancers.
- Alternative Title
- Anita Zahn professional and personal papers, c. 1920-1991. transcript
- Subjects
- Note
- Typescript.
- Transcript of interview with Erna Schulz Lane [Erna Lane] joined by Hortense Kooluris [Hortense Dolan Kooluris] conducted by Jeanne Bresciani on Oct. 9, 1995, in West Stockbridge, Mass. Acknowledgments state: "Special thanks to Carol Raftis, present at the interview, for transportation assistance and to Catherine Tsuji for translation from the Russian." The audio recording from which the transcript was made is not available.
- This transcript was not created by or under the supervision of The New York Public Library and may contain misspellings, mistranscriptions, and other inaccuracies.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3- 2937
- OCLC
- 802813570
- Author
- Lane, Erna. Interviewee
- Title
- Erna Schulz Lane joined by Hortense Kooluris in an oral history.
- Imprint
- 1975.
- Local Note
- Separated from Anita Zahn professional and personal papers, (S) *MGZMD 120.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Source
- Purchase.
- Added Author
- Bresciani, Jeanne. InterviewerKooluris, Hortense Dolan. Interviewee
- Added Title
- Anita Zahn professional and personal papers, c. 1920-1991. transcript
- Found In:
- Anita Zahn professional and personal papers, c. 1920-1991.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3- 2937