- Additional Authors
- Conway, Peter, 1929 July 18-
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 3 hours and 16 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, October 9, 1981 (approximately one hour and 38 minutes). Frederic Franklin speaks with Peter Conway about George Balanchine's ballet Ballet imperial [also known as Tchaikovsky piano concerto no. 2 ]; Michel Fokine's ballet Les elfes; his thoughts on New York City Ballet and how the repertoire influences the dancers' style; Balanchine's work Mozartiana including his memories of Tilly Losch's performance in an earlier version and its revival for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Balanchine's relationship with the company and with Franklin at the time; Marie-Jeanne and her roles at the company; the disastrous tour in Mexico City; Balanchine's and Alexandra Danilova's staging of Raymonda; Ruth Page and her work for the company; other repertoire including Paquita and Madroños; the audience reaction to Bentley Stone's and Page's production of Frankie and Johnny; her ballet The bells; more on Page; Nikita Talin; reviving Frankie and Johnny; Bentley Stone; Page's ballet Billy Sunday including Danilova's and his roles [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming file 2, October 12 and 22, 1981(approximately one hour and 38 minutes). Frederic Franklin speaks with Peter Conway about Ruth Page's ballet Billy Sunday; his role as the Moor in Michel Fokine's Petrouchka, with Alexandra Danilova and Leonide Massine; Page as a choreographer; Valerie Bettis and her work Virginia sampler; (briefly) Antonia Cobos' work Madroños; Pilar López's Cuckolds' fair; (briefly) Ruthanna Boris and her work Cirque de deux; Edward Caton and his work Lola Montez; (briefly) Natasha [Nathalie] Krassovska; the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's 1948 season including [Anton Dolin's] Pas de quatre, as performed by Krassovska, Mia Slavenska, Danilova, and Alicia Markova; (briefly) Ruthanna Boris's Quelque fleurs; Massine's Rouge et noir; various dancers including Job Sanders, Richard Thomas, and Moscelyne Larkin; performing at Jacob's Pillow [Dance Festival]; touring including his preference for trains over buses; Yvette Chauviré including an anecdote about their performance of Giselle; Tatiana Chamié's ballet Prima ballerina; dancing at Sadler's Wells Ballet as a guest artist including his relationship with Ninette de Valois; Moira Shearer; dancing in 1949 with the Metropolitan Ballet, with Erik Bruhn and Svetlana Beriosova [October 12 session ends at 80:56, and October 22 session begins at 80:58]. Franklin speaks to Peter Conway about his impressions of the young Erik Bruhn; (briefly) Svetlana Beriosova; more on Chauviré; more on Chamié including her friendship with Sergei Denham and her ballet Birthday.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Oral histories.
- Note
- For transcript of interview see *MGZMT 5-1095, volumes 12-16, pages 565-766.
- Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Peter Conway for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, on October 9, 12, and 22, 1981. Part 1 (April 30 and May 1, 1979), Part 2 (May 7 and 8, 1979), Part 3 (May 11 and 18, 1979), Part 4 (October 24 and 25, 1979), Part 6 (October 22 and 27, 1981), and Part 7 (November 3 and 5, 1981) are cataloged separately.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good overall.
- Access (note)
- Access 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 5-1095
- OCLC
- 994685072
- Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. Part 5 of 7: October 9, 12, and 22, 1981
- Imprint
1981
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
- Event
Recorded by Peter Conway for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts October 9, 12, and 22 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 3 hours and 16 minutes); polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto51095_v05f01_sc and myd_mgzto51095_v05f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 5-1095
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- Added Author
Conway, Peter, 1929 July 18- interviewer
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-1095