- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 51 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Vera Strelska speaks about her life and career including her (late) friend and associate Alexandre Gavrilov; the life of a dancer in the United States during the 1930s; first coming to the United States with her company in 1923; an anecdote about George Gershwin's offer of work; Bronislava Nijinska as an artist and as a teacher; male technique at the Royal Ballet; her thoughts on Rudolf Nureyev; her willingness to take any dance-related work as long as she was paid; very briefly, Leyda [Anchutina] Eglevsky; her creativity and resourcefulness throughout her career [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 3 minutes). Vera Strelska continues to speak about her life.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Vera Strelska, June 30, 1981. The female interviewer, whom Strelska calls "Lila" (phonetic spelling) and location are not identified. An unidentified man and second woman also occasionally contribute to the conversation.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise. However, the interviewee's voice is clear and easily intelligible.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- 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
- 936372697
- Author
Strelska, Vera, 1901-1989, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Vera Strelska, 1981
- Production
1981
- 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.
- Event
Recorded by interviewer 1981, June 30
- 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 (51 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco33319_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco33319_v01f02_sc) in 2015.
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