| Description |
2 sound tape reels (6 hours, 30 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec. ; (5 in.) |
| Note |
Interviewed by Peter Conway in March and May 1979 in New York City. For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 5-682. |
| Contents |
SUMMARY: Richard Thomas discusses his early study with Caird Leslie and Bronislava Nijinska; appearances in musical comedies choreographed by Anton Dolin, Jerome Robbins, and Hanya Holm; studies with Vincenzo Celli and Anatole Vilzak; Grant Mouradoff's Foxhole Ballet; Ballet Theatre; Alicia Markova's Giselle; tours with Ballet Alicia Alonso; marriage to Barbara Fallis, and fatherhood; Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, strike and unionization, Sergei Denham, Frederic Franklin, Edward Caton, Ruth Page, Leonide Massine. Alexandra Danilova, Nina Novak; New York City Ballet (1953), George Balanchine, Opus 34, Ivesiana, and The nutcracker. |
| Subject |
Dolin, Anton, 1904-
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Robbins, Jerome.
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Vilzak, Anatole, 1898-
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Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-
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Fallis, Barbara.
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Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-
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Alonso, Alicia, 1921-
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Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972.
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Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
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New York City Ballet.
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| Local Subject |
Audiotapes -- Thomas, R.
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| Added Author |
Conway, Peter, Interviewer.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Oral History Archive - Oral History Project.
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| Call No. |
*MGZT 5-682
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| Research Call Number |
*MGZT 5-682
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