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Interview with Kurt Jooss

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  • "Part 2, ca. 21 min. [Begins abruptly with Walter Terry interviewing Jooss for the radio program Invitation to dance]. Jooss speaks about the sources and impetus for his creation of The green table; his collaboration with Fritz Cohen [Frederic A. Cohen] on the piece; the large number of times (over 3,500) The green table has been performed, and companies that have performed it; working with dancers of the Joffrey Ballet on their upcoming performance; the relationship of acting and movement in the piece; the background and current status of his school in Essen [ends abruptly]."
  • "Part 1, ca. 12 min. [Begins abruptly.] Kurt Jooss speaks with Tobi Tobias about the sources of his piece The green table, including the Lübecker Totentanz [Dodes Dantz (1463)] and other medieval dance of death paintings [gap]; his view that art should not be political [gap]; his evaluation of his works The green table, Big city, and Ball in old Vienna [gap]; his intent that his dances not have a message [ends abruptly]."
  • "Walter Terry introduces Kurt Jooss, who was in New York to supervise the Robert Joffrey City Center Ballet production of Jooss's ballet, The green table. Jooss discusses the creation of The green table and the process of choreographing it in collaboration with composer Fritz Cohen; the companies which have The green table in their repertory; American dancers; the variety of dramatic roles in The green table and his ideas on dance drama; his school in Essen."

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