- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 43 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 43 minutes). Christopher D'Amboise speaks with Walter Terry about his decision to become a dancer; his family including how his parents felt about his career choice; the kinds of roles he prefers; his teachers including his female teachers compared to his male teachers; roles in the New York City Ballet repertory he would like to dance; partnering; his early performances including in The nutcracker; roles he is learning; the difficulty of balancing his personal life with his career; his classes in dance types other than ballet; his relationship with his father, Jacques D'Amboise including an anecdote about a demonstration he gave at Christopher's school [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Christopher D'Amboise conducted by Walter Terry in May, 1978 in New York City, as research for a possible article about male dancers in the United States.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss."
- 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 3-817
- OCLC
- 81240483
- Author
D'Amboise, Christopher, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Christopher D'Amboise, 1978
- Production
1978
- 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 1978, May 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 43 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3817_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-817
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Audiotapes -- D'Amboise, C.
- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-817