- Additional Authors
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 22 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 46 minutes). George Skibine, Nathalia Krassovska, and Igor Youskevitch discuss with Suzanne Shelton, their careers, the Ballet Russe [Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo], and related subjects including the history of the Ballet Russe; Michel Fokine, Sergei Denham, working with Leonide Massine and the Massine style; differences in generations of dancers; influence of the Ballet Russe in Texas; why Ballet Russe dancers settled in Texas; the life of the Ballet Russe dancers and intra-company relationships while on tour; Olga Preobrazhenska's school where the three met; the Ballet Russe repertoire and their preferred roles.
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 36 minutes). George Skibine, Nathalia Krassovska, and Igor Youskevitch tell anecdotes about each other; they discuss Skibine's and Youskevitch's military service and return to dancing; living in Texas; the life of a dancer; the decision to retire from dancing; seeing Anna Pavlova on film; dancing for the camera including an anecdote about Alexandra Danilova; Bronislava NIjinska; reasons for the disbanding of the Ballet Russe.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Suzanne Shelton.
- Subjects
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 > Interviews
- Krassovska, Nathalie, 1918-2005 > Interviews
- Skibine, George, 1920-1981 > Interviews
- Denham, Sergei, 1896-1970
- Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with George Skibine, Nathalie Krassovska, and Igor Youskevitch conducted by Suzanne Shelton on February 15, 1975 in Dallas, Texas as background for her article entitled: The Russians are here: when the Ballet Russe stopped touring, many of its dancers got off the bus in Texas (cataloged as: *MGZR Shelton, Suzanne. [Clippings - Works by] Texas Monthly, v 3 no 6, June 1975, p 49-50, 82. illus).
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise, short gaps, and changes in volume. In addition, at times the participants speak over each other.
- 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-608
- OCLC
- 80414409
- Author
Skibine, George, 1920-1981, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with George Skibine, Nathalie Krassovska and Igor Youskevitch, 1975
- Production
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
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 Suzanne Shelton 1975, February 15 Dallas (Tex.)
- 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 22 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: (myd_mgztco3608_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3608_v01f02_sc).
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-608
- Source
Gift Suzanne Shelton
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- Added Author
Shelton, Suzanne, interviewer.
Krassovska, Nathalie, 1918-2005, interviewee.
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, interviewee.