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Interview with Glen Tetley, 1979

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Title
Interview with Glen Tetley, 1979
Names
Tetley, Glen (Interviewee)
Rogosin, Elinor (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1979
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTC 3-688 reel 14 (former)
Topics
Tetley, Glen
Pierrot lunaire (Choreographic work : Tetley)
Tempest (Choreographic work : Tetley)
Contredances (Choreographic work : Tetley)
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Elinor Rogosin 1979 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 of Elinor Rogosin
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 51 min.) : polyester; quarter-track
Sound quality is fair to poor. Glen Tetley's voice is often soft, and the recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" (especially on streaming file 2) as well as occasional short gaps. However, for the most part, the voices are intelligible.
Description
Interview with Glen Tetley conducted by Elinore Rogosin in 1979, as research for her book The dance makers (1980). Streaming file (approximately 46 minutes). Glen Tetley speaks with Elinor Rogosin about his affinity with both the emotional and structural aspects of dance; training with Hanya Holm and Martha Graham and their influence on his development as a performer and choreographer; his study of ballet; dancing for American Ballet Theatre and for Martha Graham during the same period; his own choreography including his work Pierrot lunaire; his work [Voluntaries] for the Stuttgart Ballet [Stuttgarter Ballett]; the Nederlands Dans Theater; his use of Benesh notation and video recordings when staging his works; his work [Contredances] for American Ballet Theatre; his work The tempest, for Ballet Rambert. Streaming file 2 (approximately six minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Glen Tetley speaks with Elinor Rogosin about performing [ends abruptly].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 83095108
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118518
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 212590f0-b2b5-0133-45b4-60f81dd2b63c
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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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Glen Tetley" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33fc90b0-b2b5-0133-5c8e-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Glen Tetley" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33fc90b0-b2b5-0133-5c8e-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979). Interview with Glen Tetley Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33fc90b0-b2b5-0133-5c8e-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Glen Tetley