{"id":"https://api-collections.nypl.org/manifests/6c450820-c277-0135-6ecd-5916d6216fa3","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Interview with Robin Howard, 1978"]},"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Collection"]},"value":{"en":["Dance Oral History Project"]}},{"label":{"en":["Names"]},"value":{"en":["Howard, Robin (Interviewee)","Tobias, Tobi (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifiers"]},"value":{"en":["RLIN/OCLC: 144657583","NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118175","Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c450820-c277-0135-6ecd-5916d6216fa3"]}},{"label":{"en":["Dates / Origin"]},"value":{"en":["Date Created: 1978-08-22"]}},{"label":{"en":["Notes"]},"value":{"en":["Additional Physical Form: For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-412.","Bibliographic History: Title supplied by cataloger.","Source Characteristics: Sound quality is good.","Venue: Recorded by Tobi Tobias 1978, August 22 London (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."]}},{"label":{"en":["Physical Description"]},"value":{"en":["Extent: 1 audio cassette (approximately 1 hr., 17 min.); quarter track; 1.875 ips"]}},{"label":{"en":["Library Locations"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division","Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-412"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subjects"]},"value":{"en":["Graham, Martha","Howard, Robin -- Interviews","London Contemporary Dance School","Martha Graham Dance Company","Dance critics","Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham"]}},{"label":{"en":["Title"]},"value":{"en":["Interview with Robin Howard, 1978"]}},{"label":{"en":["Division"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division"]}},{"label":{"en":["Genres"]},"value":{"en":["Oral Histories","Interviews"]}},{"label":{"en":["Resource Type"]},"value":{"en":["Sound Recording"]}},{"label":{"en":["Abstract"]},"value":{"en":["Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Robin Howard speaks with Tobi Tobias about how he first came to be interested in Martha Graham; the impact on him of seeing Graham and her company [Martha Graham Dance Company] perform, in London; his impressions of the male dancers including Bertram Ross, Robert Cohan, and Robert Powell; some of the more notable female dancers including Pearl Lang, Mary Hinkson, Helen McGehee, and Ethel Winter; how his anger with the public and critical response to the London performances led to his association with Graham and the company; Graham as a person; the company's second British tour including Howard's role in arranging it; its favorable critical reception; his thoughts on dance critics [ends abruptly but interview continues on streaming audio fie 2]. \n\nStreaming audio file 2 (approximately 39 minutes). Robin Howard speaks with Tobi Tobias about Graham technique; Jane Dudley as a teacher of Graham technique; the development of Graham technique as taught at Howard's school [The Place; now part of the London Contemporary Dance School]; the establishment of The Place and its role in his life; his relationship with Martha Graham and her company during this time; his proposals regarding the company and the reasons Graham could not bring herself to implement them; the high level of tension in the company; his great admiration for Graham and gratitude that he knew her."]}},{"label":{"en":["Languages"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights"]},"value":{"en":["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."]}}],"summary":{"en":["Dance Oral History Project||74f46a20-5105-0134-c76b-00505686a51c"]},"services":[],"items":[]}