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Additional authors

1. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl.
2. Kraft, Susan, 1961-

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (ca. 65 min.) +

Summary

1. Ms. Shaw describes the origins and goals of the Gender Project, the Project's structure as developed by herself and co-founder Ellis Wood; Shaw's background and training; having to choose between her passions for skiing and for dance; her early career and issues of gender discrepancy that arose; joining the Bill Evans Dance Company and her experiences there; starting her own dance company; returning to New York; the confluence of personal and career issues that arose at this time; new directions in her choreography; learning to balance her work and personal life; her recent work with horses; the element of sexuality in her work.

Alternative title

1. Gender Project : Interview with Joanna Mendl Shaw
2. Dance Oral History Project.
3. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl > Interviews
2. Wood, Ellis
3. Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
4. Bill Evans Dance Company
5. Sex discrimination against women
6. Feminism and dance
7. Sex in dance
8. Gender identity

Call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2247

Note

1. For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2247.
2. Interviewed by Susan Kraft on Jan. 28, 2000, at Ms. Shaw's apartment in New York City.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Author

1. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with JoAnna Mendl Shaw [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 2000.

Local note

1. Preservation master tape: *MGZTCO 3-2247.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2247.
3. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2247.

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Shaw, J.

Added author

1. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl. Interviewee
2. Kraft, Susan, 1961- Interviewer

Added title

1. Gender Project : Interview with Joanna Mendl Shaw

Research call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2247 [Transcript]
2. *MGZTC 3-2247 [Cassette]