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11. Interview of Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

Topic:
Asian American History
Music
Dance
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
Biographical Note:
Teacher and performer of Cambodian dance. Co-founder of the Khmer Arts Academy in Long Beach, California, and the Sophiline Arts Ensemble at the Khmer Arts Academy in Cambodia.

12. Interview of Rosalind F. Cassidy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education.

13. Interview of Ruth St. Denis

Topic:
Dance
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dancer and co-founder of the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts.

14. Interview of Gary K. Bates

Topic:
Dance
Length:
363 pages
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher.

15. Interview of Pia Gilbert

Topic:
Dance
Music
Length:
24.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré and UCLA professor of dance.

17. Interview of Bella Lewitzky

Topic:
Dance
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Founder of the Lewitzky Dance Company. Founding dean of the dance program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

18. Interview of Alma Hawkins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder UCLA Department of Dance, the nation’s first dance department.

19. Interview of Allegra Fuller Snyder

Topic:
Dance
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of dance and director of the Graduate Program in Dance Ethnology.