Dance magazine awards: Merce Cunningham, Maria Tallchief and Igorʹ Moiseev, 1960

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Title
Dance magazine awards: Merce Cunningham, Maria Tallchief and Igorʹ Moiseev, 1960
Names
Joel, Lydia (Moderator)
Cunningham, Merce (Speaker)
Tallchief, Maria (Speaker)
Orthwine, Rudolf (Speaker)
Hurok, Sol, 1888-1974 (Speaker)
Moiseev, Igorʹ, 1906-2007 (Speaker)
Coombs, Philip H. (Philip Hall), 1915-2006 (Speaker)
Hering, Doris (Speaker)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1961-04-28
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-524
Topics
Tallchief, Maria
Hurok, Sol, 1888-1974
Cunningham, Merce
Moiseev, Igorʹ, 1906-2007
Coombs, Philip H. (Philip Hall), 1915-2006
Hering, Doris
Dance -- Awards
Award presentations
Genres
Live sound recordings
Speeches
Notes
Citation/reference: For transcript of ceremony, see: Dance magazine, June 1961, p. 30-35, 59-61.
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 for Dance magazine April 28, 1961 New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 59 min.) : polyester, half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.
The sound quality is good overall.
Description
Ceremony for the awarding of the 1960 Dance Magazine awards, recorded on April 28, 1961 at the New York Athletic Club, in New York (N.Y.). Speakers include Lydia Joel, Phillip H. Coombs, Doris Hering, Rudolf Orthwine and Sol Hurok as well as award recipients Merce Cunningham, Maria Tallchief, and Igorʹ Moiseev. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 30 minutes). [Ambient noise, testing of equipment.] Introductory remarks by Lydia Joel; speech by Phillip Coombs; further remarks by Joel; remarks by Doris Hering including about Merce Cunningham as a dancer in Martha Graham's work and his use of chance in his choreography. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 29 minutes). Rudolf Orthwine presents Merce Cunningham with his award; Cunningham accepts the award with a few remarks; Doris Hering speaks about Maria Tallchief; Orthwine presents Tallchief with her award; Tallchief makes a brief acceptance speech; Hering speaks about Igorʹ Moiseev; Orthwine presents Moiseev with his award; Moiseev makes an acceptance speech (in Russian, with English-language interpretation); Lydia Joel introduces Sol Hurok; remarks by Hurok.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 37473923
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118317
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 872e4100-797c-0136-2634-3bf185c7d374
Rights Statement
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  • 2018: Digitized
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance magazine awards" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1961. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f4ffd30-3ba5-0134-c727-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance magazine awards" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f4ffd30-3ba5-0134-c727-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1961). Dance magazine awards Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f4ffd30-3ba5-0134-c727-60f81dd2b63c

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Dance magazine awards