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Interview with Erika Thimey, 1977

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Title
Interview with Erika Thimey, 1977
Names
Thimey, Erika, 1910-2006 (Interviewee)
Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Oral History Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977-01
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-1455
Topics
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
Veen, Jan, 1908-1967
Thimey, Erika, 1910-2006 -- Interviews
New York Wigman School of the Dance
Genres
Oral histories
Interviews
Notes
Additional physical form: For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-1455.
Bibliographic history: Title supplied by cataloger.
Source characteristics: Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps.
Venue: Recorded by Elizabeth Kendall 1977, January Washington (D.C.)
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
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 1 hr., 32 min.); polyester; half-track; 1 7/8 ips ; 5 in
Description
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Erika Thimey speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about her early dance experiences including the impact of seeing Mary Wigman perform; physical education in high school; taking dance classes while also pursuing a course in home economics; studying at Mary Wigman's school in Dresden; Wigman's advice to Thimey in the context of the political climate of 1936; Thimey's work with an opera company [Dessau Civic Theatre and Opera] in Dessau, Germany; more on her studies at Wigman's school; Thimey's and the other students' view of ballet; her own first works; Wigman and the "heroic gesture" [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2]. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 44 minutes). Erika Thimey speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about the "heroic gesture"; visiting Germany during the late 1930s; her time in Chicago; her career after Chicago including her partnership with Jan Veen; teaching and performing in Washington, D.C. including her choreographing of a movement choir at Howard University; her own retirement from dancing; studying Humphrey-Weidman technique and Graham technique; Mary Wigman as a rebel against ballet.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 79135123
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12119022
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ef9a9570-c65f-0135-0911-03f4dbbe33d4
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1910: Creator Born
  • 1977: Created
  • 2006: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Erika Thimey, 1977" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed66b6e0-3b6f-0134-4037-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Erika Thimey, 1977" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed66b6e0-3b6f-0134-4037-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Interview with Erika Thimey, 1977 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed66b6e0-3b6f-0134-4037-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Erika Thimey, 1977