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Additional authors

1. National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.
2. New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
3. Oral history archive.

Found in

1. Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 28 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Ruth St. Denis speaks about her dance Incense, including the costume; her dance Red and gold saree [Dance of the red and gold saree], including the costume; her dance White jade, including its sources and the costume; her dance The nautch, including the costume and the music, and the versions known as The white nautch and The Cadman nautch [The street nautch]; her dance The yogi, including its origins; her dance Brahms valse and Liebestraum [Waltz, op. 39, no. 15]; her dance Gregorian chant; her dance Dance of Theodora; Loie Fuller and her use of draperies; St. Denis' dance Salome, including the costume.

Alternative title

1. Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.

Subject

1. Incense (Choreographic work : St Denis)
2. Dance of the red and gold saree (Choreographic work : St Denis)
3. Audiotapes > St. Denis, R
4. Waltz, op. 39, no. 15 (Choreographic work : St Denis)
5. Street nautch (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
6. Dance of Theodora (Choreographic work : St Denis)
7. Nautch [1908] (Choreographic work : St Denis)
8. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
9. Gregorian chant (Choreographic work : St Denis)
10. Yogi (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2616

Note

1. Ruth St. Denis speaks about her dances including Incense, Dance of the red and gold saree, White jade, The nautch, The yogi, Brahms waltz and liebestraum [Waltz, op. 39, no. 15], Gregorian chant, Dance of Theodora, and Salome, at the dance studio at the Jacob Pillow's Dance Festival in Lee, Mass, in 1951.
2. Sound quality is fair. There is distortion in the recording, but the speaker's voice is easily intelligible.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010 and the New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.

System details (note)

1. Transferred from 1 sound reel (ca. 28 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; half track; 5 in.; originally recorded in 1951) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Source (note)

1. Dr. Helene Breazeale;

Linking entry (note)

1. Separated from Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959, (S) *MGZMD 209

Author

1. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968. Speaker

Title

1. Ruth St. Denis on Incense, Red and gold saree, White jade, and other dances. 1951 [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1951.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010 and the New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.

System details

1. Transferred from 1 sound reel (ca. 28 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; half track; 5 in.; originally recorded in 1951) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Linking entry

1. Separated from Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959, (S) *MGZMD 209

Local note

1. Archival original: *MGZTO 5-2616

Added author

1. Breazeale, Helen. Donor
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2009-2010.
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2009-2010.
4. Oral history archive.

Added title

1. Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.

Found in:

1. Carol Lynn papers, 1896-1959.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2616