- Additional Authors
- Heifetz, Jeanne
- Description
- 3 streaming audio files (approximately 2 hours and 39 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 52 minutes). Igor Shvetzov speaks with Jeanne Heifetz about male ballet dancers; (briefly) Paul Petroff; (briefly) Olga Spessivtzeva; his experience with Col. W. de Basil's company [Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil; also known as the Original Ballet Russe of Col. W. de Basil] including his impressions of Col. W. de Basil; (very briefly) The blue light [Das blaue licht] and Leni Riefenstahl; Michel Fokine; more on his time in Berlin in connection with his work on The blue light; working with Bronislava Nijinska including some of his roles; Nijinska's working style; his professional activities after parting with Nijinska; mime in ballet; Alicia Alonso's production of Coppélia; his own choreography including the perceived influence of Martha Graham and modern dance in general; his work The eternal struggle including the cast; David Lichine including his The prodigal son; Lichine as a dancer; the Australian tour [with the Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil]; more on The eternal struggle; his work The red poppy (created for the Ballet russe de Monte Carlo); Ruthanna Boris and her role in the Red poppy [ends abruptly but continues directly on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 45 minutes). Igor Shvetzov speaks with Jeanne Heifetz about Ruthanna Boris's role in The red poppy; the musical comedy The vagabond king and Julia Harvath; an anecdote about how he became a United States citizen; his time in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Soviet dancers and choreographers today; his training in the (former) Soviet Union; his choreography while in Brazil including his works Moonlight sonata and the Bacchanale (fromTannhäuser); the artist Florence Martin; his works Concerto tragico and Contes d'un bouffon; his contribution to ballet in Brazil, in particular developing an audience; his work for the New York City Opera including for the operas Macbeth and Pique dame [Queen of Spades]; returning to Brazil to teach and stage ballets; his admiration of Jerome Robbins' and George Balanchine's work; his Pas de quatre; Lupe Serrano [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 3].
- Streaming audio file 3 (approximately 62 minutes). Igor Shvetzov speaks with Jeanne Heifetz about Lupe Serrano and forming a company with her as the premiere dancer; [Alicia] Markova; teaching at the American Ballet Theatre school and Lucia Chase; an anecdote about Mimi Paul; placement as the most important part of technique; regional ballet in the United States and in the (former) Soviet Union; his experience teaching and staging ballets in Japan; Olga Spessivtzeva and the beauty of her dancing; Anton Dolin; Markova as an actress; his thoughts on several dancers currently active including Peter Martins and Mikhail Baryshnikov; various pas de deux he has choreographed including his own version of Daphnis and Chlöe; [Rudolf] Nureyev in Martha Graham's choreography; the increasingly porous border between modern dance and ballet; his classes today; Felia Doubrovska; Hanya Holm; his view of modern dance today; reminiscences of Agrippina Vaganova, Olga Preobrajenska, and Michel Fokine.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Oral histories.
- Note
- Interview with Igor Shvetzov conducted by Jeanne Heifetz on July 19, 1978 in New York City for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 5-937.
- Sound quality is fair to good. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise and short gaps.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Funding (note)
- The processing 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 5-937
- OCLC
- 83693705
- Author
Shvetzov, Igorʹ Aleksandrovich, 1904-1982, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Igor Shvetzov, 1978
- Imprint
1978.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by Jeanne Heifetz for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1978, July 19 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The processing 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 reel (approximately 2 hours and 39 minutes); polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5937_v01f01p01_sc, myd_mgzto5937_v01f01p02_sc, and myd_mgzto5937_v01f02_sc.
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- Added Author
Heifetz, Jeanne, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-937