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Marcotty, Fiona,. Gender Project : interview with Fiona Marcotty.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Fiona Marcotty. 2000.

Marcotty speaks about her career beginning with her dance training in Massachusetts; gender inequities in the dance world; her creative goals; effect of being female on her and other female dancers' and choreographers' careers; gender-based differences she has observed in dancers; expression of sexuality in her own work and that of her students; her feelings regarding the value of her work; her love of creating, teaching, and being part of the New York dance community (including working at the Field); addressing gender inequity in the dance world by increasing consciousness of the role played by gender dynamics.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122408424 View

Braham, Susan,. Gender Project : interview with Susan Braham.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Susan Braham. 2000.

Braham speaks about her career beginning with her training and working with other dancers; influence of her mother; gender disparities in the dance world; the connection she feels to the dance community; the relationship of gender and competitiveness; extent to which her gender and sexuality are expressed in her teaching and choreographing; her feelings regarding the value of her work, in the dance world and as a yoga teacher; Braham's coping mechanisms; progress she has observed in the reduction of gender disparities; psychological aspects of performing, including possible influence of gender and the role of the audience; significance of her relationships with herself and her work and with others; difficulty of pursuing a career in dance; difficulty of defining success.

ArchivalResource: 23 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122581031 View

Dorfman, David,. Gender Project : interview with David Dorfman.

Title: Gender Project : interview with David Dorfman. 2000.

Dorfman speaks about his life and career; early interest in music and popular dance; his focus on athletics and academic performance in high school; pleasures and difficulties of leadership and collaboration; the source of his attraction to the women-driven field of dance; relationship of his gender and sexual orientation to his work; his concept of dance as a social activity and a social statement; his community dance projects and emphasis on engaging the audience; positive effect on creativity of working without preconceptions; relationship of his personal life to his professional life; his feelings regarding the value of his work including financial aspects; differences in society's expectations for men and women regarding their careers and his personal response.

ArchivalResource: 36 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122314316 View

Staff, Robin,. Gender Project : interview with Robin Staff.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Robin Staff. 1999.

Staff discusses dancing after age 40; her co-founding of the Pink Ribbons Project; her attitude toward perceived gender disparities in the dance world; her pride in being female and the relationship of gender to an artist's work, including her own; her feelings regarding how her work has been valued; the relationship of merit, gender, and artistic recognition; her optimism regarding the future direction of dance; positive effect on her career of hiatus in her dancing between early adolescence and age 25.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122608531 View

Colby, Laura,. Gender Project : interview with Laura Colby.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Laura Colby. 2000.

Colby speaks about her life and career as a dancer, the owner/manager of a small arts management company, and a mother; describes her early ballet training in Connecticut and San Francisco followed by training in modern dance and ballet at the University of California at Irvine and the Juilliard School in New York City; the limitations imposed by her body type and the competitiveness of the dance world; discusses gender disparities including Colby's experience with the José Limón Dance Company; Colby's free lance dancing, including work with Elizabeth Streb, Sara Rudner, Ann Carlson, and Sean Curran; relationship of her gender and motherhood to her dancing; Colby's feelings regarding how her work as a dancer and as an arts manager is valued; discusses differences in self-confidence of male and female artists; the constant tensions in being a dancer, an arts manager, and a mother and wife; the tendency of women to multitask; differences in managing male and female artists; and Colby's concern and efforts regarding the improving of working conditions and opportunities for contemporary dance artists.

ArchivalResource: 41 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122598492 View

Peters, Delia,. Gender Project : interview with Delia Peters.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Delia Peters. 2000.

Peters speaks about her career beginning with her early ballet training in Queens, New York City and at the School of American Ballet; her love of performing as a stimulus to her career choices; dancing with the New York City Ballet while studying at Fordham University; working as an archivist and a photographer/videographer at City Ballet after retirement as a dancer; entering the School of Law at Columbia University and her new career as an attorney; her sense of humor as a coping mechanism; gender disparities at City Ballet; sexual tension experienced as a dancer and as an attorney; using her gender to her advantage; the predominance of male artistic directors in ballet; advising dancers facing retirement; the pragmatic basis of her decision to become an attorney.

ArchivalResource: 30 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616378 View

Tseng, Muna,. Gender Project : interview with Muna Tseng.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Muna Tseng. 2001.

Mung speaks about her introduction to dance in Vancouver, British Columbia; moving to New York to join Jean Erdman's company; the possible influence of gender on her work and on disparities in the dance world; the role of ambition, confidence, and agressiveness in her career; collaborating with male artists, including Ping Chong, and their joint work SlutForArt; influence of her Chinese heritage on her career goals; her feelings regarding the value of her work; and her sense of self.

ArchivalResource: 16 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122598482 View

Bernhard, Sue,. Gender Project : interview with Sue Bernhard.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Sue Bernhard.

Bernhard speaks about her early training and the influence of gender on her decision to become a dancer; gender disparities in the world at large and in the dance world; gender-related issues including the problem of body image; how she and her work have been valued; relation between her work and being a mother; gender and violence.

ArchivalResource: 16 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122533241 View

Streb, Elizabeth,. Gender Project : interview with Elizabeth Streb.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Elizabeth Streb. 2000.

Elizabeth Streb speaks about her life and career; study of dance beginning at the State University of New York in Brockport; movement, physicality, and skiing; gender disparities; economic aspects of her company; her goals; effect of her gender on her career; financial issues for dancers; coping mechanisms; marketing of her company; differences in working with male and female dancers. Streb speaks about her own work and perceptions of action and dance; Streb's feelings regarding how she and her work have been valued; dealing with the inherent advantages of men in dance and the world at large; expanding the venues for her company; Streb's role as head of her company, including her relationship with her dancers.

ArchivalResource: 33 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687238 View

Dunham, Christine,. Gender Project : interview with Christine Dunham.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Christine Dunham. 2000.

Dunham speaks about her life and career; her early ballet training in Dallas and at the School of American Ballet in New York City; dancing with the Dallas Ballet; joining American Ballet Theatre at the age of 26; rigors of dancing at the ABT and crucial support given by then-director, Mikhail Baryshnikov; dancing in the corps de ballet and disparities in experiences of male and female corps dancers; current goal of a career in acting; commercial aspects of her career; pregnancy and aging; Kevin McKenzie; mechanisms for coping with stresses of the ballet world; character roles; and the issue of greater opportunities for aging male dancers than for aging female dancers.

ArchivalResource: 26 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122467068 View

Brenner, Janis,. Gender Project : interview with Janis Brenner.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Janis Brenner. 2000.

Brenner speaks about her early training in modern dance; her dancing in Murray Louis's company; gender disparities in the world at large and in the dance world, including Murray Louis's company; different approaches to developing a career as a choreographer; her relationship with the dancers in her own company; her analysis of her work; how she and her work have been valued; coping with discouragement in her career.

ArchivalResource: 24 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364064 View

Paige, Vanessa,. Gender Project : interview with Vanessa Paige.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Vanessa Paige. 2000.

Paige speaks about her career beginning with her early training and dancing with Maude Baum's company (Eba Dance Theatre) in Albany, New York; moving to New York City and working as an administrator with the Soundance company; the influence of her athleticism and of gender on becoming a dancer; the absence of gender bias in her upbringing; gender inequities in the world at large and in the dance world; the influence of gender on her career; differences in how men and women in dance work and market themselves; gender issues expressed in her work and audience response; her feelings regarding the value of her work; coping mechanisms including the support of her husband and of Maude Baum; the need to address gender inequities in dance beginning with early dance training, especially in ballet; producing an all women performing arts festival (the Edgy Women's Festival) in Albany in 1999 and the media response.

ArchivalResource: 31 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346307 View

Bain, Nancy Stern,. Gender Project : interview with Nancy Stern Bain.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Nancy Stern Bain. 2000.

Bain speaks about her career beginning with her early training in Texas and Colorado; moving to New York City to study dance education, perform, and teach; dancing with the Greenhouse Dance Ensemble; forming her own company; performing for educational purposes; teaching at schools including the Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn and the Queensborough Community College; gender bias she has encountered as an employee; her sex discrimination lawsuit against the Berkeley Carroll School; the relationship of gender to career and working conditions; differences between working with men and women; bias she has experienced stemming from her status as a mother; expressing sexuality in her work; gender inequities in the dance world; defining success in the context of a dance career; her view that there is a female tendency to try to accommodate all demands.

ArchivalResource: 25 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122314318 View

Hedewig, Guta,. Gender Project : interview with Guta Hedewig.

Title: Gender Project : interview with Guta Hedewig. 2000.

Guta Hedewig speaks about her life and career; coming to New York and becoming a choreographer; teaching; the source of her attraction to dance; sex discrimination against women; her feelings about the value of her work; competing as an athlete as compared to competing for grants and work as a dancer; gender-based role models; creative and financial aspirations; relationship of her gender and personality traits to her career. Hedewig speaks about several of her works; differences in working with men and women; coping mechanisms; gender disparities in the dance world; self-sufficiency; unique aspects of performing in public.

ArchivalResource: 27 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687234 View