Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stern, Lee Edward.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (ca. 32 min.)

Summary

1. Side A (ca. 32 min.) Laura Foreman speaks with host Lee Edward Stern about the dance department at the New School for Social Research, including its relation to Choreographers Theater, the programs of studies offered, and Foreman's role in founding the department; the ChoreoConcerts [and critiques series] presented annually at the New School, including the criteria for selecting choreographers; the focus on presenting premieres; the New York State Council on the Arts as a funding source; the wide range of sound environments used; the lecture-demonstrations that follow the performances; the audiences, in particular the kinds of questions asked following the lecture-demonstrations; her own choreography; her thoughts on dance critics; her use of music by John Watts; her use of a macaw in Song and dance [one part of a three-part work]; working with the dancers in her company; the two major trends in modern dance today.

Donor/Sponsor

1. New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Uniform title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series.
2. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. New York State Council on the Arts
2. Audiotapes > Stern, E
3. Arts audiences
4. Audiotapes > Foreman, L
5. Dance > Study and teaching (Higher)
6. New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)
7. Foreman, Laura, 1936-2001
8. Dancers > Education (Higher)
9. Postmodern dance

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1404 no. 15

Note

1. Interview with Laura Foreman conducted by Lee Edward Stern at the offices of The Laura Foreman Dance Company at the New School for Social Research in New York City in early October, 1974, for the radio series Speaking of dance, on WNYC, New York.
2. Side B is blank.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Author

1. Foreman, Laura, 1936-2001. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Laura Foreman [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1974.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Local note

1. Other recordings from or relating to the New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series are cataloged under the call number *MGZTC 3-1404.
2. Archival original: *MGZTO 7-1404 no. 15
3. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1404 no. 15

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Foreman, L.
2. Audiotapes -- Stern, E.

Added author

1. Stern, Lee Edward. Host
2. New School ChoreoConcerts and critiques series.
3. Dance Audio Archive.

Added title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. [sound cassette]
2. *MGZTC 3-1404 no. 15 Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498