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Interview with Bella Lewitzky, 1979

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Interview with Bella Lewitzky

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Title
Interview with Bella Lewitzky, 1979
Names
Lewitzky, Bella (Interviewee)
Rogosin, Elinor (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1979
Table of Contents
Streaming file (approximately 37 minutes). Bella Lewitzky speaks with Elinor Rogosin about Lester Horton; the Horton technique; virtuosity as a tool rather than as an end in itself; her dancers; collaborating with the composers Cara Bradbury Rhodes Marcus [Cara Bradbury Rhodes] and Larry Attaway, and the designers Darleene Neel and Rudi Gernreich; methods for recording her choreography including her own notation system and videotape; her tendency to revise her works depending on the dancers; her interest in the transmission of cultural inheritance; the much broader public awareness today of modern dance; the continuing growth and change in modern dance; how the arts further learning and understanding life; touring.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-688 reel 15
Topics
Horton, Lester, 1906-1953
Lewitzky, Bella
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Venue: Recorded by Elinor Rogosin 1979 California?
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 37 min.) : polyester; quarter-track
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise (the interview is taking place in what sounds like a restaurant), but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible overall.
Description
Interview with Bella Lewitzky conducted by Elinor Rogosin, probably in California, in 1979, as research for her book, The dance makers (1980).
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 81670871
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118519
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 49a38f20-b2b5-0133-21ed-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 Bella Lewitzky" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d51f5b0-b2b5-0133-1dc2-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Bella Lewitzky" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d51f5b0-b2b5-0133-1dc2-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979). Interview with Bella Lewitzky Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d51f5b0-b2b5-0133-1dc2-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Bella Lewitzky