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Interview with Rima Corben

Title
Interview with Rima Corben [sound recording]
Author
Corben, Rima.
Publication
1996.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2092 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2092 (sound cassette)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Moseley, Monica.
Description
1 sound cassette (90 min.) +
Summary
Ms. Corben describes her first association with the Joffrey Ballet; working with Alexander Ewing and then Isadora Bennett; Bennett's personality; her own education and background in dance; the positive atmosphere for dance at that time; the influence of Morton Baum; her relationship with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino; their personalities; traveling with the company; the formation of the company's board of directors; the choreographies Astarte and Clowns; the transition from Ewing to Anthony Bliss; Sally Bliss joining the company; the formation of Joffrey II; her own feelings about Mr. Bliss' impact on the company; getting fired by Mr. Bliss; political and economic issues regarding the company's structure; and Herbert Migdoll's influence on the company.
Donor/Sponsor
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • For transcript, see; *MGZMT 3-2092.
  • Interviewed by Monica Moseley, December 20, 1996, at the Dance Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2092
OCLC
NYPY97-R4
Author
Corben, Rima. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Rima Corben [sound recording]
Imprint
1996.
Local Note
Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2092.
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2092.
Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Corben, Rima.
Audiotapes -- Moseley, M.
Added Author
Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2092 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-2092 [Cassette]
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