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Interview with June Dunbar: architecture, designing for dance

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Interview with June Dunbar

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Title
Interview with June Dunbar: architecture, designing for dance
Additional title: Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Names
Dunbar, June (Interviewee)
Terry, Walter (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1960 - 1969 (Approximate)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-69
Topics
Dunbar, June
92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.). Kaufmann Auditorium
Juilliard School. Dance Division
Costume
Theater architecture
Dance floors
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
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.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance 196- New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 25 min.) : analog, 7.5 ips, acetate, half-track, 7 in.
The sound quality is excellent.
Description
Interview with June Dunbar conducted by Walter Terry as host for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance. The recording was made in the 1960s, probably the latter half. Streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes). Walter Terry introduces June Dunbar, teacher and assistant to Martha Hill, director of dance at the Juilliard School, and the subject of the interview: the architectural specifications for dance classrooms and stages. June Dunbar speaks with Walter Terry about the type of floor optimal for dance; the fixtures, dimensions, and ventilation optimal for dance studios and costume storage areas; researching, with Martha Hill, the specifications for the dance facilities for the Juilliard School's new building at Lincoln Center [for the Performing Arts] including visits to other theaters and studios; the features, and dimensions, of an ideal dance theater including (by way of illustration) the dimensional shortcomings of the stage at the Kaufmann Auditorium [Kaufmann Concert Hall], 92nd Street YMHA, New York City; the ideal theater in terms of audience sight lines; theaters-in-the-round as compared to proscenium stages for dance.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36936936
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117169
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e5ae3c40-f4cc-0136-4eab-4bd3cf2b2916
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

  • 1960: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with June Dunbar" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e565bb0-3ba6-0134-15e1-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with June Dunbar" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e565bb0-3ba6-0134-15e1-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1960 - 1969). Interview with June Dunbar Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e565bb0-3ba6-0134-15e1-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with June Dunbar