Interview with George Faison, 1976
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Title
Interview with George Faison, 1976
Collection
Names
Faison, George, 1945- (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1976-12-12
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-631 Side A
Subjects
Faison, George, 1945-
Smalls, Charlie -- Wiz
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Gazelle (Choreographic work : Faison)
Hobo sapiens (Choreographic work : Faison)
Genres
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, December 12 New York (N.Y.)
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.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 2 min.)
Sound quality is excellent.
Abstract
Interview with George Faison conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on December 12, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance. Streaming audio file (approximately one hour and two minutes). John Gruen introduces his guest George Faison and speaks about the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's current season; George Faison speaks with Gruen about his early training and his career as a dancer and choreographer including his work Gazelle [a recording of A long time ago, by Yusef Lateef and used in Gazelle is played]; Faison's work Hobo sapiens [commercial announcements]; choreographing the musical The Wiz [a recording of music by Béla Bartók, used in Faison's work Poppy is played]; his upcoming tour with Stevie Wonder; his sources of inspiration; closing remarks [commercial announcements; news].
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 80956273
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118449
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 43a1a940-c27b-0135-798e-158ab78ef14d
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with George Faison, 1976" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43a1a940-c27b-0135-798e-158ab78ef14d
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with George Faison, 1976 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43a1a940-c27b-0135-798e-158ab78ef14d
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with George Faison, 1976" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43a1a940-c27b-0135-798e-158ab78ef14d
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