Interview with Senta Driver
- Title
- Interview with Senta Driver [sound recording]
- Published by
- 1993.
- Author
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| Status | Vol/date | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datereel 3 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette] reel 3 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datereel 2 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datereel 1 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-1842 [sound cassette] reel 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Vol/date | FormatAudio | AccessSupervised use | Call number*MGZMT 3-1842 [Transcript] | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/date | FormatAudio | AccessSupervised use | Call number*MGZMT 3-1842 (transcript) | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 4 hr.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1. Ms. Driver discusses her first exposure to dance; attending Ohio State; seeing the premier of Paul Taylor's Aureole; meeting Mr. Taylor; her interest in production and lighting design; the influence of lighting designer Thomas Skelton on her choreography; lighting designer Jennifer Tipton; choreographer William Forsythe; current trends in choreography; leaving Taylor's company to do her own choreography; Taylor's work American genesis; and Taylor's behavior and personality.
- Cassette 2. Ms. Driver discusses her solo work; the early group work with Andrea Stark and composer Tom Johnson; her choreographies Melodrama and Sudden death; dancers Susan Hadley and Larry Hahn; her choreographies Resettings and Second generation; her work on partnering; and her emotional states.
- Cassette 3. Ms. Driver discusses her interest in exploring new use of stage space; the development of her own technique; the creation of her work Semi-formal; her choreography Secret kindnesses; video projects with Gary Halverson and Dennis Diamond; her choreographies Video 5000 and Show; and her decision to leave dance.
- Alternative title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018
- Skelton, Thomas R
- Tipton, Jennifer
- Forsythe, William, 1949-
- Stark, Andrea
- Johnson, Tom
- Hadley, Susan
- Hahn, Larry
- Diamond, Dennis
- Aureole (Choreographic work : Taylor, P)
- American genesis (Choreographic work : Taylor)
- Sudden death (Choreographic work : Driver)
- Resettings (Choreographic work : Driver)
- Second generation (Choreographic work : Driver)
- Secret kindnesses (Choreographic work : Driver)
- Video 5000 (Choreographic work : Driver)
- Show (Choreographic work : Driver)
- Call number
- *MGZMT 3-1842
- Note
- Interviewed by Lesley Farlow at Ms. Driver's home in New York City, July 31, 1993.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1842.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Author
- Driver, Senta. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Senta Driver [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1993.
- Local note
- Preservation master cassette in: *MGZTCO 3-1842.
- Archival transcript in: *MGZMTO 3-1842.
- Restricted access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Added author
- Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer
- DHCA
- Research call number
- *MGZMT 3-1842 [Transcript]
- *MGZTC 3-1842 [Cassette]