Pearl Primus and Rachel Yocum

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Ms. Primus interviewed at the African-Caribbean-American Institute of Dance, which is sometimes referred to in the interview as the Primus-Borde School of Dance.

Ms. Primus discusses the pilot program she implemented as part of her doctorate at New York University, now expanded to 41 schools in the Northeast; her company's performances in various elementary schools; teachers' reactions to dance as opposed to movement; including the arts as part of the school curriculum; difficulties in measuring movement's effects on children; and her desire, despite the ongoing nature of her project, to complete her doctorate.

Ms. Yocom discusses the background of the dance department at the School of Performing Arts; the department's organization of ballet, moder, ethnic, and Indian dance; Matteo and the Indo-American Dance Company's performances; academic scheduling; male dancing; graduates entering the profession or performing on Broadway; graduation concerts; the forthcoming move to Lincoln Center; and the school's audition process.

WNYC archives id: 46123