| Description |
2 sound tape reels (4 hours, 43 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec. ; (5 in.) |
| Note |
Interviewed by Marilyn Hunt November 19, 20 and 21, 1977, at the Executive Hotel, San Diego, California (in the presence of Miss Alonso's husband, Pedro Simón). For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 5-681. |
| Contents |
SUMMARY: Alicia Alonso discusses her early training in dance and music in Cuba and Spain; her philosophy of movement and interpretation of character; her career in New York in musical comedy and with Ballet Theatre; working with Leonide Massine, Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, and Eugene Loring; Lucia Chase, George Balanchine and music; her partners, including Igor Youskevitch, Anton Dolin, André Eglevsky, and Azari Plisetzki; the Ballet Nacional de Cuba; choreographing her ballet Lydia. |
| Subject |
Robbins, Jerome.
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Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982.
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Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986.
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Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994.
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Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
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Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
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| Local Subject |
Audiotapes -- Alonso, A.
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| Added Author |
Hunt, Marilyn, 1937- Interviewer.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Oral History Archive - Oral History Project.
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| Call No. |
*MGZT 5-681
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| Research Call Number |
*MGZT 5-681
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