Title:
A life in motion oral history transcript, 1991-1992: Bella LewitzkyCreator/Contributor:
Lewitzky, Bella, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Richard, Cándida, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
University of California, Los Angeles, Oral History Program.Abstract:
The interview begins with Lewitzky's childhood and education in So. Calif., and continues with her decision to become a dancer,
her years with Lester Horton's companies, her summons to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, marriage
and motherhood, and the formation of the Lewitzky Dance Company. Major topics discussed include managing a dance co., the
casting, costuming, staging, musical accompaniment, and performance of particular dances, the relationship of dance to other
art forms, the teaching and training of dancers, Idyllwild School of Music and Arts and the Calif. Inst. of the Arts, federal
funding of the arts, feminist issues, and Lewitzky's philosophy of dance and choreography.
Date:
©1997 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChoreographers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
Dancers -- Interviews
Women theatrical managers -- Interviews
Chorégraphes -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Entretiens
Danseurs -- Entretiens
Productrices et metteures en scène de théâtre -- Entretiens
Choreographers
Dancers
Women theatrical managers
California -- Los Angeles
California Institute of the Arts.
Horton Dance Company.
Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.
Lewitzky Dance Company.
National Endowment for the Arts.
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Department of Dance.
California Institute of the Arts.
National Endowment for the Arts.
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Department of Dance.
Lewitzky, Bella -- interviewee.
Attaway, Larry
De Mille, Agnes
Gernreich, Rudi -- 1922-1985
Graham, Martha
Greene, Sean
Horton, Lester -- 1906-1953
Weinheimer, Kurt
Attaway, Larry
De Mille, Agnes
Gernreich, Rudi -- 1922-1985
Graham, Martha
Greene, Sean
Horton, Lester -- 1906-1953
Lewitzky, Bella
Note:
interviewed by Richard Cándida Smith.
Transcript of a 29-hour interview completed under the auspices of the UCLA Oral History Program.
Audio recordings also may be accessed in the UCLA Department of Special Collections by special arrangement.
Volume includes index.
The UCLA Oral History Program : catalog of the collection. 2nd ed. / compiled by Vimala Jayanti. (Los Angeles : Oral History
Program, Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992); also: The UCLA Oral History Program :
catalog of the collection. 2nd ed., supplement / compiled by Teresa Barnett. (Los Angeles : Oral History Program, Dept. of
Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996) are available in the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections.
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Forms part of: Oral History collection, Department of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Quotation, publication or reproduction permitted, subject to University policy. User must acknowledge the UCLA Department
of Special Collections.
Lewitzky was born Jan. 13, 1916, Llano del Rio, Calif. She attended San Bernardino High School and was the protegé of Lester
Horton. She was a dancer with the Lester Horton Co., L.A., Calif., 1935-50, co-founder and co-director, Horton Dance Theater,
L.A., 1946-50, and choreographer from 1948 to the present. She was founder and director, Dance Associates, L.A., 1951-55,
chair, Dance Dept., Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, Calif., 1956-74, artistic director, Lewitzky Dance Co., L.A.,
1966 to the present, founder and dean, School of Dance, Calif. Inst. of the Arts, 1969-74, founder and director, Dance Gallery,
L.A., c.1974-88, and co-producer, Olympic Arts Festival, L.A., 1984.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
3 volumes (xiii, 1031 leaves), bound : portraits ; 28 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2002/165 cLOCAL
Publisher:
California unknown place Los Angeles] : Oral History Program, University of California, Los AngelesCopyright Note:
Quotation, publication or reproduction permitted, subject to University policy. User must acknowledge the UCLA Department
of Special Collections.
Related Item:
Oral History collection, Dept. of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los Angeles
