1 streaming audio file (approximately 14 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 14 minutes). Margaret Erlanger introduces her subject, namely Katherine Litz, the current dancer-in-residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ill.); she speaks about the dancer-in-residence program; Katherine Litz' background as a dancer and choreographer; Litz' choreographic methods; how much the students have benefited from working with Litz; Litz's new work Continuum [Ben Johnston's Quartets, the score used for the Spectacle section of Continuum, is performed]; closing remarks by Erlanger including information regarding the upcoming premiere of Continuum.
Margaret Erlanger speaks about Katherine Litz, dancer-in-residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ill.), in 1965.
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.
Author
Erlanger, Margaret, 1908-1975, speaker.
Title
Katherine Litz as dancer-in-residence, University of Illinois / Margaret Erlanger, 1965.
Imprint
1965.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded at the University of Illinois 1965 Urbana-Champaign (Ill.)
Original version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 14 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto51000_v01f01_sc.
Local note
Archival original: *MGZTO 5-1000; 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master:*MGZTD 10-1000; 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.