Interview with Edith Stephen, 1969
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Title
Interview with Edith Stephen, 1969
Collection
Names
Stephen, Edith (Interviewee)
Horosko, Marian (Interviewer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1969
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-3058
Subjects
Stephen, Edith
Homage to a hotdog (Choreographic work : Stephen)
Genres
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WBAI-FM 1969 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.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 22 min.) : acetate, full-track, 7.5 ips ; 7 in.
Sound quality is good.
Abstract
Interview conducted by Marian Horosko, as host, with Edith Stephen; for broadcast on radio station WBAI-FM, New York on its series Dance New York, in 1969. Streaming file (approximately 22 minutes). Marian Horosko, as host, introduces her guest Edith Stephen, of the Edith Stephen Theatre Dance Company; while a recording of music from Stephen's dance Homage to a hotdog is played, Stephen speaks with Horosko about this dance and its subject-matter: the seven deadly sins; her desire to communicate with the audience; certain reviews as having helped her to better understand her own work; her company; while a recording of carousel music used in Homage to a hotdog is played, Stephen explains why she chose this music; her current approach to choreographing; her concept of dance; her training; her plans for a publication to facilitate the exchange of ideas about her dances [a recording of music used by Stephen in a work is played].
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 925910473
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20821038
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fefc3f00-b928-0133-8a98-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Edith Stephen, 1969" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fefc3f00-b928-0133-8a98-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1969). Interview with Edith Stephen, 1969 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fefc3f00-b928-0133-8a98-60f81dd2b63c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Edith Stephen, 1969" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fefc3f00-b928-0133-8a98-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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