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The collection consists of 20 years of audio recordings from the Taliesin Music and Dance Festival and other dance performances by the Taliesin Fellowship. The collection contains both the festival and rehearsal recordings dated from 1957 to 1977. The majority of the music was composed by Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, and performed as dances choregraphed by Iovanna Lloyd Wright.
Part of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York
This collection is open for research. Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email avery-drawings@columbia.edu for more information.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : Taliesin Festival of Music & Dance audio recordings, 1957-1977. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).
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This finding aid was created by Shelley Hayreh in 2020 using legacy descriptive data from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
The annual Taliesin Festivals of Music and Dance began in 1957 after the compeltion of the Pavilion at Taliesin West. Performances were choregraphed by Iovanna Lloyd Wright and were performed to music composed by Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. The cast was made up of members of the Taliesin Fellowship. Early performances were heavily inspired by Georges Gurdjieff's exercises and dances.
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