Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stern, Lee Edward

Description

1. 1 sound disc (approximately 30 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Lee Edward Stern, host, on the radio program Speaking of dance, introduces his guest Alvin Ailey and his company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Ailey speaks with Stern about his company including its description as a repertory company; the company's financial situation; his work Revelations; how he characterizes his choreography; his early dance training with Lester Horton; choreographing his first dances, for the Lester Horton Dance Theater; performing these dances at Jacob's Pillow with Carmen De Lavallade and Joyce Trisler including Ted Shawn's response to them; performing Lester Horton's works with Carmen De Lavallade and the Lester Horton Dancers in New York; the circumstances of Ailey's and De Lavallade's joining the cast of the musical comedy House of flowers; performing with his own company (then called Alvin Ailey and Company), in New York and in Southeast Asia (called for that tour the De Lavallade Ailey American Dance Company) under the auspices of the United States Department of State; the annual disbanding and regrouping of the company after each long tour; the Russian tour and subsequent successes in the United States; the company's current season at City Center [New York City Center of Music and Drama]; Judith Jamison, including in Ailey's work Cry.

Uniform title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Ailey, Alvin > Interviews
2. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
3. Audiotapes > Ailey, A

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2939

Note

1. Interview with Alvin Ailey conducted by Lee Edward Stern as host, in New York City on November 7, 1973 in New York City, for broadcast on December 9, 1973 by radio station WNYC-FM, New York on its series Speaking of dance.
2. Sound quality is good.
3. Title supplied by cataloger.

Funding (note)

1. The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Author

1. Ailey, Alvin, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Alvin Ailey. November 7, 1973, 1973.

Production

1. 1973

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Event

1. Recorded by WNYC-FM, New York 1973, November 7 New York (N.Y.)

Funding

1. The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Original version

1. Original format: one sound reel (approximately 30 minutes); 7 inches; 7.5 ips., mono; half-track originally recorded by WNYC-FM radio station in New York City, on November 7, 1973; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Local note

1. There is a tape cue sheet regarding the recording included in the container holding the archival original.

Added author

1. Stern, Lee Edward, host.

Added title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2939