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Interview with Don Oscar Becque

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
Interview with Don Oscar Becque
Names
Becque, Don Oscar (Interviewee)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1970 - 1979 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-2107
Topics
Larson, Bird, 1887-1927
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
Becque, Don Oscar
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
United States. Works Progress Administration
Provincetown Playhouse (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Oral histories
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: 197-? New York (N.Y.)
Funding: Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Funding: The processing 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.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 54 min.) : polyester; full-track; 3.75 ips; 7 in.
Sound quality is good overall.
Description
Interview with Don Oscar Becque conducted by two unidentified people, possibly at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York (N.Y.), and probably sometime in the 1970s, on the artistic and intellectual environment in New York City from 1925 to around 1935. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 52 minutes). [Begins abruptly]. Don Oscar Becque speaks about lost film clips of Isadora Duncan; the value of recordings of dancers' voices; his reminiscences of the Triangle Theatre; his work with the Federal Dance Project [originally and later again part of the Federal Theatre Project of the Works Progress Administration] including various bureaucratic hurdles he encountered; modern dance in the mid-twenties including his impressions of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn and of Isadora Duncan; how he became involved with dance including his contacts with the Osage in Oklahoma and his own Native American heritage; the Provincetown Playhouse and the artistic circles with which he was involved; his own dance training; his experience with the American Laboratory Theatre; the Denishawn School of Dancing and Louis Horst; Bird Larson; the physique of the typical early modern dancer and how this influenced choreography; Isadora Duncan, her friends and family including an anecdote about Isadora and Valaw Nijinsky [ends abruptly, but continues on streaming file 2]. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 2 minutes). Don Oscar Becque continues to speak about Isadora Duncan and her family.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 51057688
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117420
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 634276f0-e425-0135-2e22-171ccc5def7c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1970: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Don Oscar Becque" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970 - 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28856640-3b73-0134-fe7b-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Don Oscar Becque" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28856640-3b73-0134-fe7b-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1970 - 1979). Interview with Don Oscar Becque Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28856640-3b73-0134-fe7b-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Don Oscar Becque