Oral history interview with Maurice Ivy Dowell, 2020

Name: Dowell, Maurice Ivy (Interviewee); Abdurahman, Khadijah (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Maurice Ivy Dowell, 2020
Abstract: Maurice Ivy Dowell reflects on his transition from "normal" pre-pandemic life into the world of COVID-19, how his personal experiences with mortality helped shape his attitude during this period, and his relationship with dance during the pandemic. Dowell shares the anxieties he experienced, particularly with having a partner who was an essential worker. He describes means of addressing the emotion al impact of COVID-19, such as Zoom parties, literature, and dance. He also contemplates the future
Collection Name: New York City COVID-19 Narrative and Memory oral history collection
Subjects: Dancers; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Social distancing (Public health); Dowell, Maurice Ivy
Format: oral histories
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2020

Physical Description: 32 pages
Note (Biographical): At the time of the interview, Maurice Ivy Dowell was a project coordinator at INCITE. He is also a dancer by trade
Note: Interviewed by Khadijah Abdurahman on May 19, 2020
Note (Provenance): Maurice Ivy Dowell, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 18895470
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/xn8h-z222
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.