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Additional authors

1. Rogosin, Elinor.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 70 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Tracks 1-7 (ca. 33 min.). [Introductory remarks by host Elinor Rogosin.] Erick Hawkins speaks with Elinor Rogosin about the art of dance making, including the significance of the concept of poeticism; the importance of natural movement, including his disapproval of toe shoes; Isadora Duncan as having had the first vision of natural dance; nature as the starting place for his choreography; his dance Eight clear places; dance and metaphor including what he thinks art should do for the audience; his belief that dance must be religious; his dance Angels of the inmost heaven; his thoughts on the human body; his collaboration with sculptors Ralph Dorazio and Isamu Noguchi; the relationship of music and dance including his collaboration with composer Lucia Dlugoszewski; the importance of using live music in performance; the importance of live performances [music and closing remarks by Rogosin].

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Elinor Rogosin.

Uniform title

1. Dance focus (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (unedited)

Subject

1. Hawkins, Erick
2. Audiotapes > Hawkins, E
3. Music and dance

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-688 no. 7, tracks 1-7

Note

1. Host: Elinor Rogosin. Broadcast September 21, 1972 by radio station WBAI on the series, Dance focus.
2. This interview was used as the basis for part of a chapter in Elinor Rogosin's book, The dance makers (1980)
3. The interview with Erick Hawkins is on tracks 1-7 (ca. 33 min.). Tracks 8-15 (ca. 37 min.) contain an interview with John Clifford.
4. An unedited version of the interview with Erick Hawkins, which is longer (ca. 50 min., even though it does not include Rogosin's introductory or closing remarks), can be found on *MGZTL 4-688 no. 5.

Author

1. Hawkins, Erick. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (edited) [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1972.

Original version

1. Original format: 1 sound cassette, side A (ca. 33 min.: 1 7/8 in. per sec.). Originally recorded in 1972.
2. Original format: 1 sound cassette, sides A and B (ca. 50 min.: 1 7/8 in. per sec.). Originally recorded in 1972.

Local note

1. Former call no.: *MGZTC 3-688 reel 7, side A
2. Former call no.: *MGZTC 3-688 no. 5

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Hawkins, E.

Added author

1. Rogosin, Elinor. Interviewer

Added title

1. Dance focus (Radio program)

Added title

1. Interview with Erick Hawkins. Sept. 21, 1972 (unedited) [sound recording].

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-688 no. 7, tracks 1-7