1 streaming audio file (approximately 23 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 23 minutes). [Music and introduction by unidentified speaker of program and host, Walter Terry.] Walter Terry speaks briefly about Ted Shawn's many contributions to the field of dance and the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Ted Shawn speaks with Walter Terry about the origins of the Festival; including the early years of lecture-demonstrations with Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers; building a dance theater (the Ted Shawn Theatre), inaugurated in 1942; the growth and diversification of the Festival; the Festival as a showcase for young choreographers as well as companies not previously seen in the United States; the educational purpose of the Festival. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker and music.]
Interview with Ted Shawn on the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, conducted by Walter Terry as host for radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance. Recorded and broadcast May 14, 1967.
The sound quality is good.
The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Ted Shawn on the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Imprint
1967.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance May 14, 1967 New York (N.Y.)
Restricted access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 23 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto766_v01f01_sc.
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-66
Former call number: *MGZT 7-66
Local note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-66; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-66; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.