| Description |
3 sound discs (ca. 156 min.): digital ; 4 3/4 in. + transcript (90 leaves) |
| 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. |
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Sound quality is fair. The microphone was passed back and forth between Peter Boal and the interviewer, Rachel Howard. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2468 nos. 1-3 |
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Preservation master: 4 sound files (ca. 156 min.) : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit ;danmgztco32468p1v1, danmgztco32468p2v1, danmgztco32468p1v2, danmgztco32468p1v3; on AIT-2 tape dated 12/04/06, copied by Chicago Audio Works, 11/ 2006; located in the Rose Building workroom as of 04/28/09. When space becomes available in Princeton ReCAP or an alternative off-site storage area, the LTO and AIT master tapes are to be moved to such location. |
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Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 4-2468 pts. 1-2 |
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Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2468 nos. 1-3 |
| Subject |
Boal, Peter.
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Balanchine, George.
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Williams, Stanley, 1925-1997.
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Fenley, Molissa.
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New York City Ballet.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet.
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Prodigal son (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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Apollo (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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Square dance (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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Dance companies -- Management.
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| Local Subject |
Audiotapes -- Boal, P.
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| Added Author |
Howard, Rachel, Interviewer.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
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National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
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Oral History Archive. Oral History Project.
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| Call No. |
*MGZTL 4-2468 [sound disc]
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| Research Call Number |
*MGZTL 4-2468 [sound disc]
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*MGZMT 4-2468 [transcript]
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