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Title
Interview with Srimathi Gina
Additional title: Srimathi Gina papers, 1935-1980
Names
Gina, Srimathi (Interviewee)
Najan, Nala, 1932-2002 (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1960 - 1969 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-3042
Topics
Gina, Srimathi
Devi, Ritha
Najan, Nala, 1932-2002
Kathakali
Dance -- India
Theater -- India
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Naja Nalan for a BBC broadcast 196-? England
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.
Citation/reference: Separated from the Srimathi Gina papers, 1935-1980 (S) *MGZMD 307
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 1 hr., 6 min.) : acetate, half-track, 7.5 ips ; 7 in.
Sound quality is good.
Description
Interview with Srimathi Gina [stage name of Gina Blau] conducted by Nala Najan, in England, in two sessions, for use in a BBC broadcast. The date is not specified, but the interview may have been recorded in the 1960s. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 33 minutes). Srimathi Gina speaks with Nala Najan about her study of Manipuri dance with Ritha Chatterjee [Ritha Devi] in Bombay [now Mumbai] including her impressions of Chatterjee and her apartment; her physical appearance; Chatterjee as a teacher; Chatterjee's husband and mother-in-law including Chatterjee's contentious relationship with them; the mother-in-law's death and funeral; Gina's shock at Chatterjee's and her husband's lack of respect for his mother's ashes; reasons Chatterjee disliked her mother-in-law; Gina's impressions of Bombay including why she preferred living in Bombay to south India; the Jewish refugee community in Bombay. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 33 minutes). Introductory remarks by Nala Najan; Srimathi Gina speaks about attending her first Kathakali performance, with Ragani Devi, at a wedding in Malabar, including the arduous walk through rice paddies to reach the site; the actors including the application of their make-up and the donning of their costumes; the ceremony of putting on the headdress, by an actor's guru and why the performers are called actors; more on the application of the make-up; the performance including the opening dance, the audience, and the ending ceremony [short gap at approximately 27:00]; Najan tells Gina an anecdote about his experience with a yogi while studying dance in rural India [ends abruptly].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 926717535
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20824400
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 79366650-b92a-0133-372f-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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  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Srimathi Gina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960 - 1969. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c7f5d30-b92a-0133-cee8-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Srimathi Gina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c7f5d30-b92a-0133-cee8-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1960 - 1969). Interview with Srimathi Gina Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c7f5d30-b92a-0133-cee8-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Srimathi Gina