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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection

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Title
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection
Names
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Speaker)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1952 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-619
Topics
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Mevlevi dervish (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Bolero of the capes (Choreographic work : Stuart, R and F)
Troubled mind (Choreographic work : Kinch)
Bird watcher (Choreographic work : Kinch)
Beau Danube (Choreographic work : Massine)
Genres
Live sound recordings
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 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 1952? Lee (Mass.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 35 min.) : analog, 3.75 ips, half-track, 7 in.
The sound quality is poor. The recording is marred by distortion due to damage to the original recording. However, the speaker's remarks are intelligible.
Description
The recording contains Ted Shawn's remarks (recorded at Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Massachusetts, in 1952?) on the content of the programs of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival tour, and on the specific dances (performed on tour), as seen in the film to be aired following his remarks. A film entitled Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival tour, which appears to be the film discussed in the recording, is in the Library's collection under the call number *MGZIDVD 5-7924. Streaming audio file (approximately 35 minutes).Ted Shawn speaks about why he plans the programs for the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival tour to include ballet, modern and ethnic dance; and comments on the specific dances (performed on tour) that will appear in the film to be aired following his remarks: Shawn's dance Mevlevi dervish, Richard and Flora Stuart's dance Bolero of the capes, Myra Kinch's dances The troubled mind and The bird watcher, and an excerpt from Leonide Massine's Beau Danube. The latter part of the recording (from approximately 13:30 minutes to the end) consists of music from the film.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 78867954
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118422
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e639050-f4cb-0136-91ea-0393a21abf9a
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

  • 1891: Creator Born
  • 1952: Created
  • 1972: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e29bdc60-3ba5-0134-48c5-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e29bdc60-3ba5-0134-48c5-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1952). Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e29bdc60-3ba5-0134-48c5-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: touring program selection