Dancer Hema Rajagopalan discusses Indian dancing and its ability to, along with the music and lyrics of a song, tell a story.

Studs Terkel interviews Ruth Page and Lou Conte on their experience in Dance and their Chicago dance companies.

Studs interviews Flemming Flindt, director, choreographer, and dancer of Royal Danish Ballet, in Denmark during a practice session. They discuss the "Miraculous Mandarin" ballet and the history behind it. Studs asks about the history of ballet in Denmark and the history of the Royal Danish Ballet. Flindt describes the choreography and scores of the ballet. They discuss how technology has changed the production and audiences of ballet.

Studs Terkel interviews Ruth Page about her life and her long career in ballet. He also reminisces about Martha Graham who died a week earlier.

Alwin Nikolais discusses his origins and the Henry Street Settlement, his thoughts on the future of modern dance, the stigma modern dance receives, and his approach to choreographing new pieces. Music is played from a tape Alwin Nikolais had with him. Some of it is untitled, some from performances "Caligraph for Martyrs" and "Echo". The music has been removed from this program for copyright reasons.

Dancer and choreographer Agnes de Mille discusses her career.

John Cage and Merce Cunningham discuss their collaborations of choreography and music. They discuss their influences and careers. Includes a clip of an earlier interview with John Cage.

Interviewing dancer Anton Dolin. This is an excerpt from a previously recorded and aired program.

Discussing the book "Dolin, Friends and Memories" (published by Routledge & Kegan Paul) with the author, dancer Anton Dolin.

Merce Cunningham, choreographer and John Cage musician and composer speak about music and dance. The two gentlemen discuss with Studs how music and dance come together to create the avant-garde of art in both worlds (music and dance).

Studs Terkel discusses the history of dance and its future with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino.

Discussion about the Doris Humphrey Society