Martha Graham

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1963-uu-uu.

Host: Marian Horosko. Part 1 recorded in 1963 and broadcast by WNYC on World of Dance series. Part 2 recorded in 1964 backstage at the 54th Street Theater, NYC and broadcast by WNCN as part of its series, Profiles.

Part 1- Graham discusses her school; the importance of ballet in a dancer's training; dicipline in art-- Part 2 Horosko interviews Yuriko, Ethel Winter, and Helen McGehee. Yuriko discusses her role in the revival of Primitive Mysteries and the source material for Primitive Mysteries. Ethel Winter discusses her role in the revival of Appalachian Spring and Graham's thematic material. Helen McGehee discusses her role of Medea in the revival of Cave of the Heart.


WNYC archives id: 46120

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