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Audio Recording Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

Names

  • Moloney, Mick, 1944- (Collector)
  • Boyle, Peggy Roche (Interviewee)
  • Boyle, Jimmy (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1977

Headings

  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Jimmy & Peggy Roche Boyle, part 2
  • -  Part 2 of 2-part interview with with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, including Christmas dance exhibition, about dance style, girls attracted more than boys, some dissonance between musicians and dancers, influence of contests on style, conversation joined by husband Jimmy Boyle, about his repertory, influence of Clancy Brothers; topic sequence includes how Peggy Roche Boyle started her Christmas choreographed Irish dancing exhibition; about problems in researching authentic traditions, and the need for available folkloric source material; how she designed the show; why she only teaches certain material in her dancing classes; about Boyle’s lack of knowledge of some of the old regional dances, there is a need for study in Ireland; about negative attitudes to set dances, resources may be available in Chicago, there are questions about the “right” and "wrong" ways to do things; how existing old style dancing resources in Chicago might be utilized; the need for finances seen as crucial in order to tap the talent out there, how informal dancing contexts might be stimulated; about Peggy Roche Boyle’s dancing classes, 80 pupils, there is competition between dancing schools discussed; where pupils come from, what generation and gender; about the low number of males, the age at which pupils "drop off"; about the motivation of children and parents; how the school is publicized; about feelings on aspects of dancing style, the rift between musicians and dancers, a lack of mutual understanding has developed; about audience taste; Boyle has a negative response attitude to soft shoe dancing; why Irish American dancing standards are governed by attitudes among top dancers in Ireland; teachers are forced to enter their kids for competitions, they have "winning complexes”; the next segment is a conversation with Peggy Roche Boyle’s husband, Jimmy Boyle, how he developed interest in his Irish background, how he started to dance, how he and Peggy met, his attitude to performing in pubs, when he learns, about his singing and his songs, where he gets them, the influence of the Clancy Brothers.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0644
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T062-C
  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20585b

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Moloney, Mick, Peggy Roche Boyle, and Jimmy Boyle. Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20585b/.

APA citation style:

Moloney, M., Boyle, P. R. & Boyle, J. (1977) Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, May 7. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20585b/.

MLA citation style:

Moloney, Mick, Peggy Roche Boyle, and Jimmy Boyle. Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20585b/>.