Ballroom dance oral history collection

id
11378
origination
Hill, Emita Brady
date statement
2015-2018
key date
2015
identifier (local_mss)
24870
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 500
b-number
b22529621
total components
135
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2021-08-03 19:55:51 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"2015-2018", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"2015/2018"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Ballroom dance oral history collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"112 computer files", "unit"=>"computer_files"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.31 gigabytes", "unit"=>"gigabytes"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Ballroom dance oral history collection contains oral history interviews with 28 professional and amateur dancers from the New York ballroom dance community. Interviewed by Emita Brady Hill, the oral history interviews detail the dancers' experience in the ballroom dance community, their personal and training background, and how they became interested in dance."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Hill, Emita Brady", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Ballrooom dance is a social and competitive style of partnered dance. Evolving from partnered dances enjoyed at social events, modern ballroom dance is competed internationally at the professional and amateur levels.</p> <p>There are two schools of ballroom dancing; the International School developed in England and the American School developed in the United States and Canada. Boths schools divide dance varieties into two groups: Standard/Smooth and Latin/Rhythm.</p> <p>Standard/Smooth varieties include waltz, Viennese waltz, tango, foxtrot, and quickstep.</p> <p>Latin/Rhythm varieties include pasodoble, bolero, samba, rhumba, mambo, cha-cha, and swing.</p> <p>The Blackpool Dance Festival is the preeminent ballroom dance competition, held annually in Blackpool, England since 1920.</p> <p>Emita Brady Hill is an author, oral historian, and educator based in New York. She received her doctorate in romance languages and literature from Harvard University, and has taught at Case Western Reserve Univeristy, Columbia University, Lehman College-CUNY, and Indiana Univeristy Kokomo. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Indiana University in 2019. Hill conducted the interviews in this collection, with members of the New York ballroom dance community, between 2015 and 2018.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Ballroom dance oral history collection contains 27 interviews with 28 dancers from the New York ballroom dance community. One interview includes two participants.</p> <p>Dancers profiled include a mix of those at professional and amateur levels. Topics discussed include personal and professional backgrounds of the dancers, where they studied, how they became interested in ballroom dance, accounts of competitions, and other related subjects.</p> <p>Each oral history subject contains an audio file with the interview recording, text of the interview transcript, and scans of the interview subject's biographical information and signed release form. Some interview subjects contain more than one recording.</p> <p>Interviews are conducted with the 2014 Blackpool Champions, David Wright and Liva Andrejeva.</p> <p>All interviews were conducted by Emita Brady Hill.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by interview subject's last name.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was donated by Emita Brady Hill in 2018.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Christopher Arena</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>The interview with Paul Pellicoro is restricted to the public until January 1, 2025.</p>"}
date_start
2015
keydate
2015
date_end
2018
date_inclusive_start
2015
date_inclusive_end
2018
extent_statement
1.31 gigabytes (112 computer files)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Ballroom dance oral history collection, *MGZMD 500. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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