- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 41 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 41 minutes). Walter Terry speaks about the Spoleto festival [Festival of Two Worlds] in Charleston, South Carolina, in particular the Nederlands Dans Theater including its performance of Hans von Manen's Grosse fugue and of Jiří Kylián's Stool games, Symphony in D, and Verklärte Nacht; the performances at the gala opening of the Festival including Kylián's Sinfonietta [this section of the recording ends at approximately 17:30 minutes, and is followed immediately by the interview with Jiří Kylián]. Jiří Kylián speaks with Terry about Nederlands Dans Theater including his satisfaction with the dancers' performances at the Festival; the principles underlying his choreography; choreographers who have influenced or inspired him including John Cranko, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, and Glen Tetley; his thoughts on Frederick Ashton including his Month in the country; Kylián's works Ariadne, November steps, and Children's steps; his choreographic process; choosing the works to be presented at the Festival; choreographing Sinfonietta including his emotional connection to the music; Antony Tudor.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Walter Terry's self-recorded notes on the Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. [Festival of Two Worlds] held in Charleston, South Carolina in 1978; and his interview with Jiří Kylián.
- Sound quality is good overall. The interview with Jiří Kylián is marred by occasional extraneous noise.
- 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 3-850
- OCLC
- 79190553
- Author
Kylian, Jiri, 1947- interviewee.
- Title
Notes on the Spoleto Festival U.S.A., 1978, and interview with Jiří Kylián, 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 Charleston (S.C.)
- 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 41 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015:myd_mgztco3850_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-850
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-850