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Interviews with Annabelle Lyon

Title
Interviews with Annabelle Lyon, 197-
Author
Lyon, Annabelle, 1916-2011
Publication
[197-?]

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Details

Additional Authors
Nathanson, Lucile Brahms
Description
Two streaming files (approximately minutes): digital, stereo
Summary
  • Streaming file 1 (approximately 15 minutes). Music and introductory remarks by Lucille Brahms Nathanson; Annabelle Lyon speaks with Lucille Brahms Nathanson about her professional stage debut, as a soloist, at Lewisohn Stadium in [Michel] Fokine's work Les sylphides; dancing for George Balanchine in the Metropolitan Opera ballet; her relatively short career as a dancer; the musical comedy Carousel; her background including her decision as a child to become a dancer; her classes, on scholarship, with Fokine including some of the other students; closing remarks and music.
  • Streaming file 2 (approximately 15 minutes). Music and introductory remarks by Lucille Brahms Nathanson; Annabelle Lyon speaks with Lucille Brahms Nathanson about teaching ballet, to children, including how she learned how to teach; her unsuccessful experience with the creative (as opposed to formal) approach to teaching ballet; her very good experience teaching at the American School of Ballet; Michel Fokine's influence on her teaching; her experience dancing in a Russian night club in New York City; closing remarks and music.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Lucile Nathanson. Oral History Archive.
Uniform Title
Making the dance scene (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Interview with Annabelle Lyon
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Radio interviews
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Two interviews with Annabelle Lyon, each conducted by Lucile Brahms Nathanson as host, for broadcast by WHPC-FM, the radio station of Nassau Community College, on its series Making the dance scene.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is excellent.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL research libraries.
Funding (note)
  • The conservation 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.
Source (note)
  • Nathanson, Lucile Brahms
Call Number
*MGZTO 5-449
OCLC
83417829
Author
Lyon, Annabelle, 1916-2011, interviewee.
Title
Interviews with Annabelle Lyon, 197-
Production
[197-?]
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL research libraries.
Event
Recorded for broadcast by WHPC-FM, the radio station of Nassau Community College 197-? Nassau (N.Y.)
Funding
The conservation 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.
Original Version
Original format: two sound reels (approximately 30 minutes); 5"; polyester; two-track, 3.75 ips.
Source
Gift; Nathanson, Lucile Brahms
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Added Author
Nathanson, Lucile Brahms, interviewer.
Added Title
Interview with Annabelle Lyon
Making the dance scene (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-449
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