- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes). [Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry introduces Anton Dolin, speaking briefly about his career and background including the origins of Dolin's ballet Pas de quatre. Anton Dolin speaks about his ballet Pas de quatre including how he was inspired by a lithograph; ballerinas who have danced in it, and different productions he has staged; his own staging of Giselle, dancing Albrecht with Olga Spessivtzeva, and [Nikolaĭ Grigorʹevich] Sergeeev's reconstruction of Giselle upon which his own is based; his discussion with [Sergei] Diaghilev about a proposed revival of Giselle that Diaghilev wanted to produce for Dolin and Spessivtzeva; his work as a writer including his biography of Olga Spessivtzeva; his work as a character dancer; the opening of the Adeline Genée Theater in London. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker and music.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Anton Dolin conducted by Walter Terry, as host; for broadcast on January 16, 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
- The sound quality is very 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.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-78
- OCLC
- 37122332
- Author
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Anton Dolin, 1967.
- Imprint
1967.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance broadcast on January 16, 1967 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 29 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto778_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-78
Former call number: *MGZT 7-78
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-78; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-78; 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
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-78