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Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein, 1977

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Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein

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Title
Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein, 1977
Names
Bernstein, Joan Levy (Interviewee)
Cantalon, Philip (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977-07-29
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-3010
Topics
Bernstein, Joan Levy
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
Humphrey-Weidman Company
Bennington School of the Dance
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein conducted by Philip Cantilon for the Keene State College Elder Hostel program, in New Hampshire, on July 29, 1977.
Content: The spelling of Philip Cantilon's surname is as spelled in the handwritten note on the original container of the original recording. There is also a handwritten note "taped August 1977," but the interviewer clearly states that the date is July 29, 1977.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Phillip Cantilon 1977, July 29 New Hampshire
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.
Acquisition: Gift; Ann Dils; 1987?
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 29 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by extraneous noise, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Description
Streaming file (approximately 29 minutes). Joan Levy Bernstein speaks with Professor Philip Cantilon about her early dance training; how she came to train with Doris Humphrey and become a member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company; her experience working as Humphrey's assistant at the Bennington School of the Dance, in 1936; Humphrey's choreographic process; Bernstein's family's view of her becoming a modern dancer; Humphrey's technique including as compared with that of Martha Graham; Charles Weidman as a choreographer; Humphrey's Water study and her New dance; touring including Pauline Lawrence's role in arranging venues; her thoughts on how the public viewed male modern dancers including as compared to male ballet dancers.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 920475306
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20791141
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2812fb90-b918-0133-156d-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c3d0f50-b918-0133-37b6-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c3d0f50-b918-0133-37b6-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c3d0f50-b918-0133-37b6-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Joan Levy Bernstein