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Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis

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Title
Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis
Names
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Speaker)
Terry, Walter (Host)
92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.) (Contributor)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1963-01-27
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-60
Topics
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928
Incense (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Egypta (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Genres
Lectures
Interviews
Notes
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 at Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, at the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York January 27, 1963 New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 1 hr., 19 min.) : polyester, half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.
The sound quality is good overall.
Description
Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis recorded on January 27, 1963 as the third program in the 1962 -1963 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, given at the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York (known as the 92nd Street Y). Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 45 minutes). Walter Terry speaks about Ruth St. Denis; including the uncertainty regarding how old she is; her first professional performance; her personal background and career including several anecdotes. Terry introduces St. Denis; in response to his questions St. Denis speaks about dance in America at the beginning of her career; the events that inspired her career in dance: a performance by Genevieve Stebbins and the two spectacles, Egypt through centuries in Palisades Park (N.J.)., and The burning of Rome, in New York City; her three favorite books when she was a child; her early work Egypta and how it reflects her theory of artistic creation and androgyny; what she feels is her most important contribution to American dance; her dancing compared to that of Isadora Duncan's. [Applause.] Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 34 minutes). [Applause.] In response to questions from Walter Terry, Ruth St. Denis speaks about the use of fabric in dance costumes; Loie Fuller, including her Lily dance and her inspired use of lighting; dance and longevity; an anecdote about a party honoring Olga Preobrajenska; Isadora Duncan's influence on ballet technique; presenting her dance O-Mika to the Japan Society; Ted Shawn's Japanese spear dance and his Cosmic dance of Siva; her rhythmic choirs; her plans for the future. Terry speaks about St. Denis's work Incense, which she is to dance following an intermission in the program [the music that accompanies Incense, played by Jesse Meeker, is heard followed by applause].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1057122439
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117197
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bc347250-cb54-0136-fcaf-6df0218c1848
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

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1963: Created
  • 1968: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb74e1d0-3ba5-0134-c339-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb74e1d0-3ba5-0134-c339-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1963). Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb74e1d0-3ba5-0134-c339-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview and lecture-demonstration with Ruth St. Denis