| Description |
2 sound tape reels (4 hours, 44 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec. ; (5 in.) |
| Note |
Interviewed by Peter Conway Feb. 8, and Feb. 9, 1979 in New York. |
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For transcript of interviews see *MGZMT 5-703. |
| Contents |
SUMMARY: Reel 1. Ian Horvath discusses his early training in Cleveland, Ohio; Funny girl; Carol Haney; Fade out; Jerome Robbins; Jules Styne; studying with Leon Danielian; the Joffrey School and company; George Balanchine; reactions to Antony Tudor's choreography; working with Jerome Robbins while with Joffrey Ballet; Lotte Goslar; Olympics; Robert Joffrey; Gerald Arpino; leaving Joffrey Ballet; Dennis Nahat; La fille mal gardée; joining American Ballet Theatre; Les noces; Etudes; Antony Tudor; Hugh Laing; Undertow; Les noces; Eliot Feld's Harbinger; Lynn Seymour; the role of regisseur; learning repertory from other dancers. - Reel 2. Horvath discusses how Eliot Feld set a ballet; Gladys Celeste; Christine Sarry; Fance free; his working and personal relationship with Jerome Robbin; Dennis Nahat's joining American Ballet Theatre; Les noces; Lucia Chase; Interplay; Les Sylphides; Lucia Chase and her direction of American Ballet Theatre; Oliver Smith; Sherwin Goldman; union negotiations; operation of the company; dancers trained at the School of American Ballet; the teaching of ballet, particularly as taught by Anton Dolin, Leon Danielian and Edward Caton. |
| Subject |
Joffrey, Robert.
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Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987.
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Feld, Eliot.
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Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986.
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Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
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Goldman, Sherwin M.
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Nahat, Dennis.
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Robbins, Jerome.
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American Ballet Theatre.
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Joffrey Ballet.
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| Local Subject |
Audiotapes -- Horvath, I.
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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 5-703
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| Research Call Number |
*MGZT 5-703
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