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Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan, 1977

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Title
Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan, 1977
Names
Levien, Julia (Interviewee)
Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- (Interviewer)
Ardolino, Emile (Speaker)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Contributor)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977-02-11
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-2268
Topics
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
Levien, Julia
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
Television programs -- Trailblazers of modern dance
Television programs -- Dance in America
Genres
Interviews
Television programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by WNET/13 New York 1977, February 4 New York (N.Y.)
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.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 2 audiotape reels (approximately 40 min.) : polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 5 in.
In general, sound quality is good. There are variations in volume, and overall, the voices of the interviewers tend to be of lower volume than that of Julia Levien's.
Description
Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan conducted by Elizabeth Kendall, on February 11, 1977 as research for Trailblazers of modern dance, a television program broadcast on the Dance in America series by WNET/13, New York, on January 4, 1978. Emile Ardolino, the director of the program, occasionally asks questions and contributes comments. A video recording of the television program is cataloged under the call number: *MGZIDVD 5-5385. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 24 minutes). Julia Levien speaks about Isadora Duncan, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, including the influence of social dances such as the waltz on Duncan's dancing; Duncan's concept of movement; the three major periods in Duncan's dancing; the theatrical aspect of Duncan's early dancing; her trip to Athens as an artistic turning point; her use of ballet technique such as turn out and port de bras in a novel manner; her relationship with [Konstantin] Stanislavsky; her influence on Martha Graham; the influence of Greek sculpture on Duncan's work; her concept of containment [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2]. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 16 minutes). Julia Levien speaks about Isadora Duncan including Duncan's use of natural movement; the basic principles of Duncan's school [for children]; the difficulty of accurately transmitting Duncan's technique; Duncan's turning over of her repertoire to her students; reasons for the widely-held belief that Duncan improvised on stage; her creating of group dances for her students, including the revising of her solos for groups.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 79470734
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16131635
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b25fc8d0-c803-0135-642a-7fd1491bd62b
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21a647b0-3b72-0134-c17c-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21a647b0-3b72-0134-c17c-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21a647b0-3b72-0134-c17c-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Julia Levien on Isadora Duncan