- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 24 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 24 minutes). Walter Terry introduces David Blair, principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, who recently restaged a complete, four-act Swan lake for American Ballet Theatre. Blair speaks with Terry about traditional methods of preserving and reconstructing ballets; [Nikolaĭ Grigorʹevich] Sergeev's reconstruction of the Swan lake of [Marius] Petipa and [Lev] Ivanov for Ninette de Valois and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet); the Russian approach to choreography when restaging the classic ballets; how Blair was able to preserve the choreography (as transmitted by Sergeev) in his new production of Swan lake; why he believes it is important to retain the choreography of the classic ballets; his close-to-photographic memory for steps; his staging of Sleeping beauty in Atlanta, Georgia, using Sergeev's notebooks, for a ballet company composed of dancers from all over the United States; the Swan lake he staged a year ago, in Atlanta; his desire to continue producing ballets and eventually to choreograph; the necessity of limiting his work as a restager in order to be able to continue dancing; the approach he would take to choreographing; Terry's closing remarks.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with David Blair conducted by Walter Terry, as host. Broadcast October 16, 1966 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
- The sound quality is excellent.
- 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.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-72
- OCLC
- 36193302
- Author
Blair, David, 1932-1976, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with David Blair : staging a masterpiece.
- Imprint
1966.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for radio station WNYC, New York for its series Invitation to dance October 16, 1966 New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 24 minutes); acetate, half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto772_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-72
Former call number: *MGZT 7-72
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-72; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-72; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Regional ballet.
- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-72