Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

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

Description

1. 3 sound discs (ca. 87 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Part 1, disc 1 (ca. 32 min.). Erick Hawkins speaks with Don McDonagh about being Martha Graham's husband; Graham's need for fame; Graham's mistake in believing that love and life were slaves to dance and performance; the symbolism of dance; Louis Horst and championing Hawkins; raising the money for Graham's Paris tour, indicating that Graham injured herself intentionally to spite him; not wanting to be remembered as walking out on Graham; the marriage to Graham, and the problems involved; Graham's influence over people, especially the women who danced for her; many anecdotes of his life with Graham; visiting artist Cody Wells in New Mexico.
2. Part 1, disc 2 (ca. 32 min.). Erick Hawkins speaks with Don McDonagh about Merle Armitage and the book he made of Martha Graham; the fact that Graham was indebted to Armitage; the effort and money put into Graham's company; ballet dancing; living in N.Y. in the 1930s and 1940s; camping out west with Graham on vacations; Graham's fear of subways, and the fact that she would not travel underground; women in the Graham company and the fact that they would not tour due to family obligations; the fact that he never tried to reconcile with Graham; cites an instance when Graham slapped him for buying a piano.
3. Part 2 (ca. 25 min.). Erick Hawkins speaks with Don McDonagh about a mutual psychologist he and Martha Graham visited, Frances Wickes; his belief that Wickes confused Graham and misdirected her artistically; metaphysics, Catholicism, Greek mythology, and his interest and education in Greek classics; dances such as El penitente and Punch and the Judy; and the responsibility of the dancer to his or her art form; the fact that the artist brings out the livingness of people; feelings of emasculation in many Graham dances; Graham's inability to successfully render many of the Greek-based dances; Graham's inability to understand her expression on the stage; abstract discussions about dance and the role of dance in society [abrupt end].

Subject

1. Hawkins, Erick > Interviews
2. Graham, Martha
3. Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975 > Influence
4. Martha Graham Dance Company
5. Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
6. Horst, Louis > Influence

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2556

Note

1. Interview with Erick Hawkins conducted by Don McDonagh on Nov. 17, 1972.
2. Each disc ends abruptly.
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. Hawkins, Erick. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Erick Hawkins [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 3-2556, nos. 1-2
2. Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2556, nos. 1-3

Source

1. Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Added author

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

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2556 sound disc