- Additional Authors
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 45 minutes). Walter Terry describes the set where The nutcracker, with Mikhail Baryshnikov [and Gelsey Kirkland], is being filmed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation including some remarks Baryshnikov had previously made to him about the production [at approximately 2:50 minutes the interview with Tony Charmoli begins]; Tony Charmoli, the director, speaks to Terry about the filming including various technical aspects and points he discussed with Baryshnikov [this part of the interview ends at approximately 11:00]; Terry speaks about his conversation with Baryshnikov regarding Baryshnikov's upcoming production of Don Quixote; his doubts about the ballet Le corsaire; working with Charmoli; what is currently happening on the set [interview with Charmoli resumes]; Charmoli speaks with Terry about filming specific sections of The nutcracker; working with Baryshnikov including their rapport; some of the effects he wants to achieve; the advantages of seeing ballet on television as compared to a live performance; how he tries to compensate for the camera's distortion [an unidentified third person joins the conversation]; choreographing, including Charmoli's view that it is impossible to teach how to choreograph [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 15 minutes). Walter Terry and Tony Charmoli continue to speak about choreographing; Charmoli's Emmy awards; dancers he has worked with; Lubov Rudenko; more on working with Baryshnikov including the review and editing process [at approximately 11:00, the interview with Charmoli ends and the interview with Baryshnikov begins]; Baryshnikov speaks about why he prefers, in the case of televised dance, that the choreography be created specifically for the camera; the puppets Charmoli has added to the scenario; his lack of interest in choreographing in the future.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interviews with Tony Charmoli and Mikhail Baryshnikov conducted by Walter Terry, in October, 1976, on the set in Toronoto Canada where the The nutcracker is being filmed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The interview with Charmoli begins at approximately 2:50 minutes into streaming audio file 1 and continues with some interruptions until approximately 11 minutes into streaming audio file 2. The interview with Baryshnikov is in the final approximate four minutes of streaming audio file 2. In between interview segments, Terry records his own comments on the production.
- Sound quality is fair to poor. The recording is marred by continuous extraneous noise and occasional short gaps.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-812
- OCLC
- 77862495
- Author
Charmoli, Tony, interviewee.
- Title
Interviews with Tony Charmoli and Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1976
- Production
1976
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by Walter Terry 1976, October Toronto (Canada)
- 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 one hour); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3812_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3812_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-812
- Local Note
Poor sound quality.
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- interviewee.
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Interview with Tony Charmoli.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-812