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Interview with Marilyn Wood, and slide show with commentary, 1987

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Title
Interview with Marilyn Wood, and slide show with commentary, 1987
Names
Wood, Marilyn, 1929- (Interviewee)
Murgiyanto, Sal (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1987-05-07
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-3322
Topics
Wood, Marilyn, 1929-
Halprin, Anna
Festivals
Art festivals
Site-specific art
Site-specific theater
Group work in art
Dance festivals
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by interviewer? 1987, May 7 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.
Acquisition: Gift Wood, Marilyn, 1929-
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 30 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is good on streaming file 1 and fair on streaming file 2, which is marred by "tape hiss".
Description
Interview with Marilyn Wood conducted by Sal Murgiyanto, on May 7, 1987 (approximately one hour and six minutes) and a slide show (audio only) of Wood's work accompanied by her commentary and responses to Murgiyanto's occasional questions (approximately 22 minutes). Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Marilyn Wood speaks with Sal Murgiyanto about her how her background led to her work creating festival celebrations including Anna Halprin's influence; her first fully-formed work, at the Seagram Building in New York (N.Y.) as a turning point; creating a festival that results in a city celebrating itself; the purpose of festivals, in particular as structures for communal expression; the requisites for a successful festival including the use of large-scale visual media, both man-made (e.g., video projections) and natural (e.g., a mountain range); the festival she is organizing in Singapore; Anna Halprin's festivals as compared with hers; the highly-organized nature of her festivals; the skills required to create a festival; the shamanistic nature of her work; the process of creating a festival including the incorporation of the community's cultural values; the use of unconventional performance venues and the resulting expansion of audiences; celebration festivals as a way to create new traditions and rituals; cities that have made her festivals an annual event, for example Tokyo and Columbus (Ohio); festivals and religion, for example in Japan; transposing festivals to an urban context [ends abruptly; interview continues on streaming audio file 2]. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 43 minutes). Marilyn Wood speaks with Sal Murgiyanto about the broad societal trends underlying women's relatively high participation in dance festivals; her thoughts on organized religion today; the significance of festivals for a community, including spiritual renewal; the personal satisfaction she derives from her work [from approximately 19:55 until the end of the recording at 42:45, Wood shows Murgiyanto a slide show of her work accompanied by her commentary and responses to Murgiyanto's occasional questions].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 937391342
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20887081
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d9dc7e30-c315-0133-e094-60f81dd2b63c
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.

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  • 1987: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Marilyn Wood, and slide show with commentary" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd8a1790-c315-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Marilyn Wood, and slide show with commentary" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd8a1790-c315-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). Interview with Marilyn Wood, and slide show with commentary Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd8a1790-c315-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Marilyn Wood, and slide show with commentary