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Interview with Peter Boal

Title
Interview with Peter Boal [sound recording].
Author
Boal, Peter.
Publication
2006.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2468 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
disc 3AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2468 disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional Authors
Howard, Rachel, 1976-
Description
3 sound discs (ca. 156 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • Disc 1 (ca. 47 min.), 03/23/06. Peter Boal speaks about attending ballet performances as a child with his family; his early ballet classes particularly those taught by Stanley Williams; analyzes Williams' influence and greatness as a teacher; Boal's loyalty to and interest in New York City Ballet and the work of George Balanchine; his relationship with Balanchine including visiting him in the hospital during his final illness; the strain of balancing his dance and academic life when still in high school; the day that Balanchine died; joining New York City Ballet.
  • Disc 2 (ca. 47 min.), 03/23/06. Peter Boal speaks about his early experiences with New York City Ballet; performing Balanchine's work Prodigal son and being coached by Jerome Robbins in the title role; Boal's process of finding his way into roles; different choreographers with whom he has worked; the lack of coaching for roles at New York City Ballet; his parts in other ballets including in Balanchine's works Apollo and Square dance; his rise in the company and his decision to take time off and travel for six months; his return to the company in the role of Apollo and the events leading to his promotion to principal dancer; dancing Baiser de la fée; his marriage to Kelly Cass.
  • Disc 3, tracks 1-30 (ca. 30 min.), 03/23/06. Peter Boal speaks about beginning to teach at the School of American Ballet; giving up his hopes for a college degree; his growing role at the school and the conflict with his performing career; his goals as a teacher; his interest in the work of modern dance choreographers, including Molissa Fenley; first thoughts about the role played by the artistic director of a dance company; creating a solo performance program at the Joyce Theater.
  • Disc 3, tracks 31-61 (ca. 30 min.), 03/24/06. Peter Boal speaks further about his solo program at the Joyce Theater and the small performance group that he put together for the Joyce in the following year; the emergence of the opportunity to direct Pacific Northwest Ballet; the application process for that position; his retirement from New York City Ballet and his final performance; briefly about running Pacific Northwest Ballet; final thoughts on his retirement from dancing.
Donor/Sponsor
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
  • National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Peter Boal conducted by Rachel Howard at the office of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, Wash., on March 23 and March 24, 2006.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2468.
  • Sound quality is fair. The microphone was passed back and forth between Peter Boal and the interviewer, Rachel Howard.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2468
OCLC
138480204
Author
Boal, Peter. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Peter Boal [sound recording].
Imprint
2006.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Boal, P.
Added Author
Howard, Rachel, 1976- Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2468 [sound disc]
*MGZMT 3-2468 [transcript]
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