- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 55 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 55 minutes). John Gruen, host, speaks about the upcoming season of the New York City Ballet and introduces Violette Verdy; Violette Verdy speaks with John Gruen about her appointment as the director of the Paris Opera Ballet [Opéra de Paris Ballet]; the current state of the company and the responsibilities of the position [a recording of music by Maurice Ravel used in George Balanchine's ballet Sonatine is played]; Verdy speaks about her career at the New York City Ballet including Balanchine's choreographing roles that evoked the French qualities of her dancing; her "noble resignation" regarding her body type and technique; Jerome Robbins' working methods compared with Balanchine's; her experience dancing the classic ballets as compatible with her roles at New York City Ballet [a recording of an excerpt of the music by Gabriel Fauré used in Balanchine's ballet Jewels is played]; the early start to her career including her role in the 1949 movie Ballerina; the upcoming New York City Ballet including a Bournonville tribute.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Violette Verdy conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on November 14, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is very good.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-632 Side B
- OCLC
- 79236613
- Author
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Violette Verdy, 1976
- Production
1976
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, November 14 New York (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 55 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3632_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-632 Side B
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-632 Side B