- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 32 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 32 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Dorothy Bird reminisces about taking class with Leon Fokine and Ruthanna Boris; tells an anecdote about George Balanchine and a class she was teaching at the School of American Ballet; speaks about his use of imagery at rehearsals and his sensitivity to music; teaching at the School of American Ballet including Balanchine's encouragement and help; some aspects of Balanchine's choreographic genius; Martha Graham's roles as danced by others; Graham's work Frontier [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Dorothy Bird.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Note
- Dorothy Bird records her thoughts about George Balanchine and Martha Graham and other, related topics, in 1979, in Merrick, New York.
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss", but the speaker's voice is easily intelligible.
- 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 3-920
- OCLC
- 83935447
- Author
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
- Title
Thoughts on George Balanchine and Martha Graham/ Dorothy Bird, 1979
- Imprint
1979.
- 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 Dorothy Bird 1979 Merrick (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 32 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015 : myd_mgztco3920_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-920
- Source
Gift Dorothy Bird
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-920