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Review of University of Alabama Ballet; Interview with Robert Barnett; Review of Atlanta Ballet

Title
Review of University of Alabama Ballet; Interview with Robert Barnett; Review of Atlanta Ballet/ Walter Terry.
Author
Barnett, Robert
Publication
1979.

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Details

Additional Authors
Terry, Walter
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately one hour and six minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Walter Terry records his review of a performance of the Ballet of the University of Alabama including Stuart Sebastian's Commedia miscellanea and his work Romance [at approximately 10:17 minutes, this section ends; the interview with Robert Barnett, artistic director of the Atlanta Ballet, begins at approximately 10:20 minutes]; Robert Barnett speaks with Terry about the corporate support of ballet including the role of the artistic director and the process of creating a budget and fund-raising for the Atlanta Ballet; the factors underlying the company's current and future repertory; Dorothy Alexander and what she hoped to accomplish when she founded the company; the development of the company; guest exchanges of dancers; the training of the dancers including the influence of [Vera] Volkova; his own training and leaving New York City Ballet [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
  • Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 19 minutes). Robert Barnett speaks with Walter Terry about the question of bringing regional companies to New York City; collaborating with local artists [at approximately 12:15 minutes, the interview with Barnett ends, and the section containing Terry's notes on the performance by the Atlanta Ballet begins]; Terry records his thoughts on the 50th anniversary gala performance of the Atlanta Ballet including with respect to the ballerina Maniya Barredo and company founder Dorothy Alexander.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewed by Walter Terry Sept. 1979 in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Review of Ballet of University of Alabama (approximately 10 minutes) recorded by Walter Terry in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 13, 1979; and Terry's interview with Robert Barnett (approximately 49 minutes) followed by his review of the Atlanta Ballet (approximately 7 minutes), recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1979.
  • Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise (particularly in the interview with Robert Barnett, which sounds as if it is taking place in a restaurant) including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps, but the speakers' voices are 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)
  • Walter Terry
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-989
OCLC
79738216
Author
Barnett, Robert, interviewee.
Title
Review of University of Alabama Ballet; Interview with Robert Barnett; Review of Atlanta Ballet/ Walter Terry.
Production
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 Walter Terry 1979 Birmingham (Alabama) and Atlanta (Georgia)
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 one hour and six minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3989_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3989_v01f02_sc
Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-989
Source
Gift Walter Terry
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Local Subject
Regional ballet.
Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-989
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