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.

Studs Terkel disccuses the Chicago Dance Festival with Joel Hall, Lynn Colburn, and Larry Schoeneman.

Excerpts from different episodes of "Hard Times: an Oral History of the Great Depression". Bonnie Laboring Boy: Joe Morrison talks about generational differences in laborers. Evelyn Finn talks about trying to unionize at clothing factories. Two Strikes: Jose Yglesias talks about strikes in cigar factories and the lifelong stigmas of strikebreakers. Bob Stinson discusses working at General Motors and the sit-down strike. The Farmer is the Man: Oscar Heline explains farmer's actions in response to farm foreclosures.

The director of The Arve Connection Dance Company talks about how he incorporates modern jazz and rock sounds into his choreography.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The principal dancer of the New York City Ballet Company talks about his career and an upcoming performance at the Auditorium Theatre.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The playwright and former dancer join Studs to talk about the Black Ensemble Theater's production of Me and Miss D., the musical biography of Gomez and dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Two dancers from different generations share their perspectives on modern dance and how they came together to work on a new project.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Choreographer and dancer Amalia Hernandez discusses her influences, drawn from Mexican culture and Mesoamerican civilizations.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

A conversation with the dancer and choreographer about the evolution of dance, including the distinctive style for which he was known, made famous in his "Junk Dances."*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

Discussing British depression with Ellis Jackson at his home (part 2) while Studs was in England.

Members of the Purple Underground, Ingrid Superstar, Gerard Malanga, Paul Morrissey and Sterling Morrison discuss being apart of Andy Warhol's "Exploding Plastic Inevitable". EPI is a production of films, strobe lights, music and dancing. The group talks about the large audiences going to the shows out of curiosity. They also talk about items being thrown at them while they're on stage and that half of their audiences walk out before the performance is over.

Terkel interviews ballet dancer and choreographer Igor Youskevitch who would be staying in town until January 3.

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

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.