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Interview with Louise Kloepper, 1976

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Title
Interview with Louise Kloepper, 1976
Names
Kloepper, Louise, 1910-1996 (Interviewee)
Brennan, Mary Alice (Interviewer)
Davidson, Hermine (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976-11-30
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-1006
Topics
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
Doubler, Margaret Newell, b. 1889
Kloepper, Louise, 1910-1996
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physical Education and Dance
Dance -- Study and teaching
Dance teachers
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Statement of responsibility: Recorded by Mary Alice Brennan and Hermine Davidson 1976, November 30 Madison (Wis.)
Funding: 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.
Acquisition: Gift National Dance Association
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 2 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by slight "tape hiss."
Description
Interview with Louis Kloepper conducted by Mary Alice Brennan and Hermine Davidson on November 30, 1976 in Madison, Wisconsin, for the oral history archives of the National Dance Association of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Streaming file 1 (approximately 45 minutes). Introductory remarks by Mary Alice Brennan; Louise Kloepper speaks with Brennan and Hermine Davidson about her early dance training, with Mary Wigman in Germany and Hanya Holm in New York; teaching; the reasons for her coming to Wisconsin-Madison; training with Mary Wigman and with Margaret H'Doubler; the dance curriculum at University of Wisconsin-Madison; her approach to teaching technique and composition; teaching dance to children [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2]. Streaming file 2 (approximately 17 minutes). Louise Kloepper continues to speak to Mary Alice Brennan and Hermine Davidson about teaching dance including the distinguishing of dance education from physical education in the academic context; changes she has witnessed in the dance world over the years; what she would have done differently had there been more money available; scholarship and research as the next direction for dance education.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 79095695
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118904
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 98568b50-b311-0133-dc5f-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1910: Creator Born
  • 1976: Created
  • 1996: Creator Died
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Louise Kloepper" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab76ccd0-b311-0133-138a-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Louise Kloepper" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab76ccd0-b311-0133-138a-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Louise Kloepper Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab76ccd0-b311-0133-138a-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Louise Kloepper