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Interview with Norman Walker

Title
  1. Interview with Norman Walker [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1965.
Author
  1. Walker, Norman.

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Vol/datedisc 2FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZTL 4-251 disc 2Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional authors
  1. Terry, Walter.
Description
  1. 1 sound disc (ca. 25 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. [Music and introductory remarks by unidentified speaker]. Walter Terry, host, introduces Norman Walker; Walker speaks with Terry about working with ballet dancers in connection with America Dances; the principal difference between ballet technique and modern dance technique; problems in choreographing modern dance for ballet dancers; the ballets of Antony Tudor, particularly his Dark elegies, as an example of the influence of modern dance on ballet; more on how modern dance, including that of Isadora Duncan, as well as dance from other parts of the world have resulted in changes in ballet choreography in the 20th century; his thoughts on the current divide in modern dance between dance as a way to communicate emotions and dance as dehumanized pure movement; his thoughts on chance methods of choreography; themes that have inspired his dances
Uniform title
  1. Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Subject
  1. Walker, Norman
  2. Audiotapes > Walker, N
Call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-251 disc 2
Note
  1. Interview with Norman Walker conducted by host, Walter Terry, recorded on Sept. 5, 1965 for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York on its series Invitation to dance.
Author
  1. Walker, Norman. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview with Norman Walker [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1965.
Original version
  1. Original format: one sound reel, side 2 (ca. 25 min.; 3.75 in. per sec.; polyester; 7"; half-track; originally recorded in 1965). transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2012. Side 2 contains the interview with Norman Walker; side 1 contains an interview with Helen Tamiris.
Local note
  1. A recording with content substantially similar to that of this recording can be found in the Library under the call no.: *MGZTC 3-95.
  2. Former classmark: *MGZT 7-251 Side 2
Added author
  1. Terry, Walter. Interviewer
Added title
  1. Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Research call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-251 disc 2
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