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Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith

Title
Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith, 1966
Author
Crane, Dean
Publication
1966

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Additional Authors
  • Mara, Thalia
  • Smith, George Alan
  • Horosko, Marian
  • Reiss, Alvin H.
Description
One streaming file (approximately 21 minutes): digital, stereo
Summary
  • Streaming file (approximately first 4:20 minutes). [Music and sounds of a dance class.] Dean Crane speaks with Marian Horosko about his classes at Ballet Arts studio at Carnegie Hall and the upcoming workshop performances of ballets by Crane, Nina Stroganova, Ludmilla Dokoudovsky, and Vladimir Dokoudovsky.
  • Streaming file (from approximately 4:20 to 14:47). Thalia Mara, founder and director of the National Academy of Ballet [and Theater Arts] speaks with Marian Horosko about the Academy including its physical layout and the curriculum; her objectives for the Academy; her recent book, The language of ballet: a dictionary, 1966.
  • Streaming file (from approximately 14:47 to 21:20). Alvin H. Reiss, host, introduces his guest George Alan [Allen?] Smith, consultant to the New York City Cultural Showcase Committee; Smith speaks about the Committee including its objectives.
Uniform Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
  • Interview with Thalia Mara
  • Interview with George Alan Smith
Subjects
Genre/Form
Radio interviews.
Note
  • Interview with Dean Crane conducted by Marian Horosko, as host, at the Ballet Arts studio in New York, N.Y. (approximately four minutes); interview with Thalia Mara conducted by Marian Horosko at the National Academy of Ballet and Theater Arts in New York, N.Y. (approximately ten minutes), and interview with George Alan [Allen?] Smith conducted by Alvin H. Reiss in Chicago, Il. (approximately seven minutes) for broadcast on radio station WNYC-FM, New York on its series World of Dance, on December 8, 1966.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is good overall in that the speakers' voices are easily intelligible. However, the recording is marred by extraneous noise.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
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.
OCLC
924393443
Author
Crane, Dean, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith, 1966
Production
1966
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 NYPL Research Libraries.
Event
Broadcast by WNYC-FM 1966, December 8 New York (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 reel (approximately 21 minutes); 7"; acetate; half-track; ips not specified; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgzto73051_v01f01_sc) formats in 2015.
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Added Author
Mara, Thalia, interviewee
Smith, George Alan, interviewee
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Reiss, Alvin H., interviewer.
Added Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Interview with Thalia Mara
Interview with George Alan Smith
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