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Additional authors

1. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

1. 3 sound discs (ca. 75 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Part 1, disc 1 (ca. 31 min.). Richard Boone speaks with Don McDonagh about seeing Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse; taking classes with Graham as a G.I.; being thrilled by the energy in Graham's classes; Graham's explanations of body movement and expression; typical classes given by Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse; Graham's physical attributes, and her lack of traditional beauty; Graham's reverance for Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn; Louis Horst, and his influence on Graham; Graham's classes, and the influence they had on him; Primitive mysteries, and the way that Graham was unburdening herself of early dances; his belief that Graham's early works were unbalanced; not being close to Graham socially.
2. Part 1, disc 2 (ca. 31 min.). Richard Boone speaks with Don McDonagh about Erick Hawkins, and his balletic training; Hawkins' difficulty in learning the Graham technique; his belief that Hawkins was not a creative force in Graham's company; his opinion of Hawkins as a person; Graham's teaching techniques; the difference between the classes given to actors and those given to dancers at the Neighborhood Playhouse; audience response to Graham at the time; Graham's understanding of young, unformed talent; Louis Horst's knowledge of contemporary ideas; Graham's mental state in the 1960s and 1970s; Graham's problems with alcohol abuse; Graham's reclusivity; Graham's organic quality when he knew her, including vegetarianism and athleticism; Graham's teachings of instinct and moving from the core.
3. Part 2 (ca. 13 min.). Richard Boone speaks with Don McDonagh about the ways in which Martha Graham would examine the body; Graham's esoteric qualities; Marjorie Mazia, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, and their role at the Neighborhood Playhouse; classes given by Mazia [abrupt end].

Subject

1. Hawkins, Erick
2. Guthrie, Marjorie
3. Boone, Richard > Interviews
4. Horst, Louis
5. Graham, Martha > Influence
6. Neighborhood Playhouse (New York, N.Y.)
7. Martha Graham Dance Company

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2561

Note

1. Interview with Richard Boone conducted by Don McDonagh on Feb. 2, 1972.
2. Each disc ends abruptly; disc 3 has poor sound quality.
3. Open as of August 22, 2012.

Funding (note)

1. Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Don McDonagh;

Author

1. Boone, Richard. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Richard Boone [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1972.

Funding

1. Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Local note

1. Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2561, nos. 1-2
2. Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2561, nos. 1-3

Source

1. Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Added author

1. McDonagh, Don. Donor
2. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2561 sound disc