- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 54 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 54 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] John Gruen and Francesca Corkle speak about the Joffrey Ballet's upcoming season [a recording of The Moor's room, from the music by Igor Stravinsky for the ballet Petrouchka, is played]; [commercial announcements]; Corkle speaks about her early training and career including her dancing as a child in Seattle for the Joffrey Ballet and the New York City Ballet; auditioning for Gerd Larsen for the Royal Ballet school; her continuing effort to develop herself as a artist; her experience as a dancer with the Joffrey Ballet including her debut as the substitute for an injured male dancer in Gerald Arpino's Viva Vivaldi!; the company's repertoire; the recent turn-over in the Joffrey Ballet's members [a recording of an excerpt from Felix Mendelssohn's work A midsummer night's dream used in Frederick Ashton's ballet The dream, is played]; Corkle speaks about dancers who left and her decision to stay; her difficulty with her role as an opera singer in Antony Tudor's Offenbach in the underworld; her goals; closing remarks [final approximate 10 minutes consist of commercial announcements, news, and music].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Francesca Corkle conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on December 26, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- 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 3-631 Side B
- OCLC
- 78238388
- Author
Corkle, Francesca, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Francesca Corkle, 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, December 26 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 54 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3631_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-631 Side B
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-631 Side B