Interview with Tai Jimenez, 1995

Item data

Title

Interview with Tai Jimenez, 1995

Collection

Dance Oral History Project

Names

Jimenez, Tai (Interviewee)
Witchel, Leigh, 1963- (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1995-10-07

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1 (approximately 30 minutes). Tai Jimenez speaks with Leigh Witchel about why dancers dance; knowing when her performance is correct; preparing for a role; what she values in a choreographer; her thoughts on [George Balanchine's] The four temperaments; more on how she approaches a role and how she feels when she is performing; as an audience member, what she looks for in a dancer [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2]. |||| Streaming file 2 (approximately 21 minutes). Tai Jimenez continues to speak with Leigh Witchel about the qualities she looks for in a dancer; her continuing artistic development including the relationship between craft and art; more on her different approaches to different roles, including, for example in Giselle compared with George Balanchine's] Concerto barocco and [Michael Smuin's] Medea.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 2-3039

Subjects

Jimenez, Tai

Genres

Oral Histories
Interviews

Notes

Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Leigh Witchel October 7, 1995 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.
Content: Interview with Tai Jimenez conducted by Leigh Witchel on October 7, 1995.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 micro audiocassette (approximately 51 min.); polyester; half-track; 0.9375 ips.
Sound quality is fair to poor. There is significant extraneous noise including "tape hiss," but for the most part, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 913402850
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20719688
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ee9708c0-b8c9-0133-ee2b-60f81dd2b63c

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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