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Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967

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Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967

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Title
Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967
Additional title: World of dance (Radio program)
Names
Duncan, Irma (Interviewee)
Horosko, Marian (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1967
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-19
Topics
Duncan, Irma -- Interviews
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
Duncan, Irma
Shkola Aĭsedory Dunkan
Genres
Interviews
Radio programs
Notes
Venue: Broadcast in 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance.
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.
Venue: Recorded for the radio station WNYC, New York on its series, World of dance. Recorded in 1967 New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 17 minutes) : analog, 3.75 ips, polyester, half-track, 5 in.
The sound quality is excellent.
Description
Streaming audio file (approximately 17 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by unidentified speaker.] Marian Horosko introduces her guest, Irma Duncan; Irma Duncan speaks with Marian Horosko about her long association with Isadora Duncan including Isadora's de facto adoption of Irma and five other students; Isadora Duncan's various schools in Berlin, Paris, and Moscow; Irma's own recently published autobiography, Duncan dancer (c. 1966); her vivid memories of Isadora; her seven years teaching at Isadora Duncan's School in Moscow [Shkola Aĭsedory Dunkan] and performing in the [former] Soviet Union; her tour of China; Isadora Duncan's movement technique; Isadora's views on the relationship of music and dance; possible reasons as to why Isadora did not flourish in the last years of her life; Isadora as a performer.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 50789086
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117345
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8329a990-d193-0137-2ac0-51f416c1c0b9
Rights Statement
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  • 1967: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1967. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8329a990-d193-0137-2ac0-51f416c1c0b9

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8329a990-d193-0137-2ac0-51f416c1c0b9

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1967). Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8329a990-d193-0137-2ac0-51f416c1c0b9

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Interview with Irma Duncan, 1967