- Additional Authors
- Gutman, Madeleine
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 33 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Nancy Reynolds speaks with Madeleine Gutman and others about her training in ballet including at the School of American Ballet; joining New York City Ballet, initially as an apprentice; George Balanchine and his many responsibilities at the New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet; the factors leading to her decision to retire from dancing; the life of a dancer including as illustrated by her experiences on tour in Japan and in Australia; the constant physical stress and injuries incurred by almost every dancer [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 46 minutes). Nancy Reynolds speaks with Madeleine Gutman and others about ballet dancers as compared with modern dancers including with respect to the length of their respective careers; how she became a dance writer; her upcoming book on the New York City Ballet [entitled: Repertory in review: 40 years of the New York Ballet]; careers relating to dance; the various activities of retired dancers; Balanchine's working methods [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Greenburgh Public Library.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Nancy Reynolds conducted by Madeleine Gutman with the participation of others, in 1976, most likely in Greenburgh (N.Y.) where Madeleine Gutman was the head of the Greenburgh's Arts and Culture Committee.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by "tape hiss."
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- 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)
- Greenburgh Public Library
- OCLC
- 80123012
- Author
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Nancy Reynolds, 1976
- Production
1976
- 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 The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by Madeleine Gutman? 1976 Greenburgh (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: one sound cassette (approximately one hour and 33 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco3513_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3513_v01f02_sc) in 2015.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-513
- Source
Gift Greenburgh Public Library
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gutman, Madeleine, interviewer.
Dance Audio Archive