The theater and the American student, 1962
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Title
The theater and the American student, 1962
Collection
Names
De Mille, Agnes (Speaker)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1962-01-09
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-2009
Subjects
De Mille, Agnes
Performing arts -- Audiences
Labor unions -- Theatrical employees
Art appreciation
Genres
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded at Michigan State University January 9, 1962 East Lansing (Mich.)
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
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 53 min.) : polyester; full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.
The sound quality is good.
Abstract
Lecture by Agnes de Mille on the theater and the American student, recorded January 9, 1962 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Streaming audio file (approximately 53 minutes). [Applause.] Agnes de Mille speaks about her student days at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) including the kind of dance taught at the time; anecdotes about choreographing for the varsity award ceremonies; how she defines living theater; the performer-audience relationship in live theater, in television, and in motion pictures including the direct audience comments in the case of previews; the responsibilities of the live theater audience; American audiences; the influence of the New York arts critics; the effect on the performing arts of the labor unions and their work rules; the intellectual apathy of the American public; the responsibility of students to develop their judgment and discrimination; reads aloud from a work by [Joseph] Conrad; the rewards of artistic appreciation.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36936912
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12117153
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 58754be0-4c82-0136-61c0-7d3e5781a78a
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The theater and the American student, 1962" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1962. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/58754be0-4c82-0136-61c0-7d3e5781a78a
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1962). The theater and the American student, 1962 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/58754be0-4c82-0136-61c0-7d3e5781a78a
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The theater and the American student, 1962" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/58754be0-4c82-0136-61c0-7d3e5781a78a
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