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Review notes.

Title
Review notes. December 1974 / Walter Terry
Author
Terry, Walter.
Publication
1974

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Details

Description
One streaming audio file (approximately 22 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 22 minutes). Walter Terry speaks about recent performances he saw by American Ballet Theatre including La sylphide with Ivan [Nagy], Natasha [Natalia Markova], and Fernando Bujones; Rudolf Nureyev in George Balanchine's Apollo, in Paul Taylor's Aureole, in August Bournonville's Flower festival [Blomsterfesten i Genzano ], and in José Limón's Moor's pavane; other dancers he saw in these works including Merle Park; American Ballet Theatre's performance of La fille mal gardée with Gelsey Kirkland (including as compared to Markova's characterization of Lise) and Mikhail Baryshnikov; Coppélia with Cynthia [Gregory] and Ivan [Nagy] including Gregory's characterization of Swanhilde compared with that of Markova's; Fernando Bujones's performances in Coppélia and in Frederick Ashton's Les patineurs; the corps; Clark Tippet; more on Kirkland and Baryshnikov in La fille mal gardée; more on Nagy; more on Nureyev; performances by Murray Louis and his company, Murray Louis Dance Company, at New York University Theater, including Louis's works Geometrics and Scheherazade, a dream.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
Subjects
Note
  • Notes recorded by Walter Terry in December 1974 in New York City regarding performances he saw by American Ballet Theatre including Rudolf Nureyev in Apollo and the Moor's pavane; and by the Murray Louis Dance Company at New York University Theater.
  • Sound quality is good. There are 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)
  • Walter Terry
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-845
OCLC
77606824
Author
Terry, Walter.
Title
Review notes. December 1974 / Walter Terry
Production
1974
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 1974, December 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 22 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3845_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-845
Source
Gift Walter Terry
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Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-845
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