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Title

Interview with Frederic Franklin. Dec. 20, 2000 [sound recording].

Author

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.

Publication

2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
• Moseley, Monica.
• Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 96 min.) +

Summary

• Cassette 38, side A (ca. 50 min.). The recording includes Frederic Franklin's comments made in reference to selections from the correspondence files of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Franklin speaks about his promotion from premier danseur to maître de ballet of the company; the dancer Natasha [Nathalie] Krassovska; the dancer Vera Nemchinova; more about Krassovska; traveling by bus on tour; Jean Yazvinsky, the company's régisseur-general; Leonide Massine, including the circumstances of his leaving the company; Bronislava Nijinska, including her strict rules regarding rehearsals; performance anecdote regarding Mikhail Fokine's ballet Les elfes at the Hollywood Bowl; the dancer Igor Youskevitch, including his early days in the company; his rivalry with Franklin, especially regarding the partnering of Alicia Alonso; speaks generally about the level of male dancing in the company, including his own. [Ends abruptly.]
• Cassette 38, side B (ca. 46 min.). Franklin continues to speak about the male dancing in the company, including the prevalence of character roles in the repertory; Boris Kochno, including his relationship with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; the dancer George Zoritch, including his relationship with Franklin and with the company; speaks briefly about the company's public relations manager, Virginia Donaldson; the dancer Andrea Vodehnal; the dancer Marina Svetlova; in connection with the composer Vitorio Rieti's work for the company, speaks briefly about George Balanchine's ballet Night shadow and Antonia Cobos's ballet Mikado; Serge Lifar, including his relationship with Leonide Massine; the dancer Nina Novak, including the circumstances of her joining the company; her roles; Sergei Denham?s promotion of her career; the dancer Lupe Serrano.

Alternative Title

Dance Oral History Project.

Subjects

• Zoritch, George, 1917-2009
• Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
• Audiotapes > Franklin, F
• Yazvinsky, Jean
• Novak, Nina
• Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
• Krassovska, Nathalie, 1918-2005
• Youskevitch, Igor, 1918-1994

Note

• Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Mindy Aloff, Monica Moseley, and Nancy Reynolds, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Dec. 20, 2000. The interview was recorded for the Frederic Franklin Oral History Project; the Project is a collaboration between the George Balanchine Foundation and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
• For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 38.
• The transcripts were prepared by the George Balanchine Foundation. The transcripts are edited versions of the recordings and may include material such as follow-up interviews, in person and by telephone, and explanatory notes, which are not included in the recording.
• The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.

Access (note)

• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 38

OCLC

NYPY05-R10004

Author

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Frederic Franklin. Dec. 20, 2000 [sound recording].

Imprint

2000.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 no. 38

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 no. 38, nos. 1-2

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2253 no. 38

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.

Added Author

Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer

Moseley, Monica. Interviewer

Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 38 sound cassette

*MGZMT 3-2253 no. 38 transcript