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Interview with Joyce Trisler, 1976

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Interview with Joyce Trisler

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Title
Interview with Joyce Trisler, 1976
Names
Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979 (Interviewee)
Terry, Walter (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-826
Topics
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Pinska, Klarna
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
Spirit of Denishawn (Choreographic work : Pinska)
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Venue: Streaming file (approximately 41 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Joyce Trisler speaks to Walter Terry about how she first became interested in Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn dancers when she saw St. Denis's Brahms waltzes as staged by Klarna Pinska; staging the work on her own company [Joyce Trisler Danscompany]; engaging Pinska to work on her project of recreating the Denishawn dances; Klarna Pinska; Trisler's background including her moving to New York City at the invitation of Doris Humphrey to join her company [the Humphrey-Weidman Company]; Humphrey as her link to Denishawn; the variety of styles to be represented in the Denishawn program [entitled Spirit of Denishawn]; the concept of music visualization including as seen in George Balanchine's works; Ruth St. Denis dances Trisler would like to revive; her belief that St. Denis has not received sufficient credit for her contributions to dance; the cost of the program; Trisler and Terry discuss Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in terms of their professional and personal qualities including the relating of various anecdotes [ends abruptly].
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Walter Terry 1976, New York City
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
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 1 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise due to the fact that the interview is being conducted in a restaurant. However, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Description
Interview with Joyce Trisler conducted by Walter Terry in 1976 in New York City.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 82125988
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118686
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f4f7240-c31b-0133-a44b-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1934: Creator Born
  • 1976: Created
  • 1979: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Joyce Trisler" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a341b860-c31b-0133-3e5b-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Joyce Trisler" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a341b860-c31b-0133-3e5b-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Joyce Trisler Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a341b860-c31b-0133-3e5b-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Joyce Trisler