Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen, 1968

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Title
Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen, 1968
Additional title: Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen
Additional title: Dance Perspectives
Additional title: World of Dance (Radio program)
Names
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- (Interviewee)
Horosko, Marian (Interviewer)
Reiss, Alvin H (Interviewer)
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005 (Interviewee)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1968-08-04
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-3014
Topics
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005
Harlem School of the Arts
Dance Perspectives Foundation
Dance -- History and criticism
Journalism
Dance
Periodicals
Genres
Interviews
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WNYC-FM 1968, August 4 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
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 24 min.) : acetate, full-track, 7.5 ips. ; 7 in.
Sound quality is good.
Description
Interview with Arthur Mitchell conducted by Marian Horosko, as host (approximately 13 minutes), and interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen conducted by Alvin H. Reiss, as host (approximately 10 minutes), on radio station WNYC-FM, New York on its series The world of dance, for broadcast on August 4 (and re-broadcast on August 5), 1968. Streaming file (first approximately 13 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by unidentified announcer.] Arthur Mitchell speaks with Marian Horosko, as host, about his plans and ideas for a new dance program at the Harlem School of the Arts including his hope that it will lead to a professional company; in general terms, the classes and the curriculum; funding sources. Streaming file (from approximately 13:10 minutes to 24:08 minutes). Alvin H. Reiss, as host, introduces the journal Dance perspectives and Selma Jeanne Cohen, its editor; Cohen speaks about the journal including the sources of material such as photographs and how topics are chosen; its specialization in historical and critical articles; some of her favorite issues of the past; the long lead time an issue typically requires; finding writers; the current issue on Merce Cunningham, in particular its non-biographical approach; where the journal can be obtained; the objectives of the journal and its non-profit publisher, Dance Perspectives Foundation [music and announcements by unidentified announcer].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 915834522
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20759134
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 79be57b0-b910-0133-879a-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1968. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7de1ce80-b910-0133-1b0a-60f81dd2b63c

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7de1ce80-b910-0133-1b0a-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1968). Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7de1ce80-b910-0133-1b0a-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Arthur Mitchell, and, Interview with Selma Jeanne Cohen