Research Catalog

Interview with Maria Tallchief

Title
Interview with Maria Tallchief, 1965.
Author
Tallchief, Maria
Publication
1965.

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Details

Additional Authors
Horosko, Marian
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 21 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 21 minutes). [Music]. Marian Horosko introduces Maria Tallchief, winner of the 1965 Capezio dance award; Maria Tallchief speaks with Marian Horosko about how honored she feels to have won this award; her background including her very early dance lessons in Fairfax, Oklahoma; moving to California to pursue her ballet training; changing her name from "Tall Chief" to "Tallchief;" her teachers Ernest Belcher and Bronislava Nijinska; performing, at age 15, with Cyd Charisse at the Hollywood Bowl; joining the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; George Balanchine's casting of her in his works for the company; musicality and speed as elements of the Balanchine style, as seen at the New York City Ballet; George Balanchine as a choreographer; her plans for her daughter's dance training [music].
Donor/Sponsor
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
  • Gift of Marian Horosko.
Uniform Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Maria Tallchief conducted by Marian Horosko, as host. Recorded in 1965 for broadcast by station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance.
  • The sound quality is good.
  • The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2053.
OCLC
37283236
Author
Tallchief, Maria, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Maria Tallchief, 1965.
Imprint
1965.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNCY, New York on its series, World of Dance 1965 New York (N.Y.)
Original Version
Original format: (archival original: *MGZTO 7-2053; formerly: *MGZT 7-80): one sound reel (approximately 21 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzt780_v01f01_sc.
Original format: (additional archival original: *MGZTO 5-2053: formerly: *MGZTO 5-80): one sound reel (approximately 21 minutes); acetate; half-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto580_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2053; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Added Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2053.
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