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Additional authors

1. Terry, Walter.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (20 min.) : analog, mono.

Summary

1. SUMMARY: Walter Terry introduces Martha Swope, official photographer for Martha Graham and Company and the New York City Ballet; he outlines the topic: the problem and process of capturing the essence of the dance by means of still photography. Miss Swope discusses the means of revealing the peak moments of a dance: those movements most easily photographed, the correct moment to shoot; photographing with the eye of a photographer, with the eye of a dancer, with the eye of a fashion photographer such as George Platt Lynes; photographing dance in rehearsal or performance vs. photographing in the studio; differences between photographing ballet and photographing Martha Graham's dances; the uses of close-ups; photographic studies; the value of photographs for dance archives.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
2. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Uniform title

1. Invitation to dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Dance photography
2. New York City Ballet
3. Graham, Martha
4. Audiotapes > Swope, M
5. Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-96

Note

1. Host: Walter Terry. Broadcast April 17, 1966 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.

Author

1. Swope, Martha. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Martha Swope [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1966.

Local note

1. Archival original: *MGZTO 7-96; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, half-track.
2. Dubbing Master: *MGZTD 10-96; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Swope, M.

Added author

1. Terry, Walter. Interviewer

Added title

1. Invitation to dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-96