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Interview with Alexander Grant.

Title
Interview with Alexander Grant. August 3, 1976.
Author
Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011
Publication
  • 1976.
  • 1976

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AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-342Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Tobias, Tobi
Description
1 sound disc (approximately 47 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Alexander Grant speaks with Tobi Tobias about Ninette de Valois and Marie Rambert, in particular how they differed; De Valois's strong personality and her relationship with her dancers including Grant; her classes; her gift for thinking ahead; Frederick Ashton as a friend and as a choreographer; his working methods; Ashton as a ballroom dancer; Ashton's relationship with De Valois; her ballet Don Quixote, in particular an anecdote about its opening night; Ashton's ballet A month in the country; more on Ashton as a choreographer including his consciousness of the putative audience; his preference that his ballets express something, for example a story or emotions.
Alternative Title
Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Alexander Grant conducted by Tobi Tobias on August 3, 1976 for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is good.
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
*MGZTL 4-342
OCLC
79383401
Author
Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Alexander Grant. August 3, 1976.
Imprint
1976.
Production
1976
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Event
Recorded by Tobi Tobias 1976, August 3 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 47 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
Local Note
For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-342
Former classmark: *MGZT 5-342
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Added Author
Tobias, Tobi, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-342
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