Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sears, David, 1948-1992.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (ca. 114 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 67 min.), 4/16/84. Nik Krevitsky speaks about Louis Horst, in particular his publication Dance observer; his introduction to Horst and to Martha Graham; Arch Lauterer and his set designs for such works as Graham's Deaths and entrances; Graham's work Letter to the world as produced at Bennington College; more on Deaths and entrances; Graham's work El penitente; Letter to the world as first performed on tour in Chicago; Graham's work Land be bright; Graham's work Punch and the Judy, including Merce Cunnigham's role as Pegasus; Graham as a person and teacher at Bennington College [gap; continues with discussion of Graham]; the relationships between Graham, Erick [Hawkins] and Horst; more on Lauterer, including his work as a teacher of set design and lighting at Bennington College; his work compared to that of Isamu Noguchi; problems with a set designed by [Alexander] Calder; more on Lauterer, including his refusal to design for the commercial theater in New York City; Krevitsky's attempts to design for Graham [recording is terminated due to subject-matter, at Krevitsky's request].
2. Disc 2 (ca. 47 min.), 4/20/04. Krevitsky speaks about Lauterer's set for Punch and the Judy; possible influences on Lauterer of the art of [Edward] Gordon Craig and of Adolphe Appia; Krevitsky's theater and dance experiences while a student at the University of Chicago; working at the WPA [Public?] Theatre in Chicago; his arts training in high school; moving to New York City at Horst's suggestion; teaching at Teachers College; more on Horst; reminiscences regarding his summers at Bennington College, including his recollections with respect to Mary Grant [described as designer of the props for El penitente]; more on Lauterer [ends abruptly].

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Archive.
2. Gift of David Sears.
3. National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Subject

1. Horst, Louis
2. Krevitsky, Nik
3. Lauterer, Arch, 1904-1957
4. Graham, Martha
5. Bennington College
6. Dance observer
7. Land be bright (Choreographic work : Graham)
8. Dance > Production and direction
9. Set designers

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-1565

Note

1. Interview with Nik Krevitsky conducted by David Sears on April 16 and 20, 1984, probably in New York City. It appears that the interview on disc 1 is being conducted at a restaurant, and the recording on this disc is marred by extraneous noise.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Author

1. Krevitsky, Nik. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Nik Krevitsky [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1984.

Funding

1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1565 nos. 1-2
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1565 nos. 1-2

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Krevitsky, N.

Added author

1. Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-1565