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Interview with Marge Champion

Title
Interview with Marge Champion [sound recording].
Author
Champion, Marge.
Publication
2005.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2467 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
discs 1-2AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2467 discs 1-2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
Description
2 sound discs (ca. 91 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • Disc 1 (ca. 59 min.). Marge Champion discusses working as a model for animators at Walt Disney Studios [Walt Disney Productions]; her parents, particularly her father, Ernest Belcher, and his work as a ballet teacher; auditioning for Disney; the process of creating animation from live action models; the practice of rotoscoping; her early performances; her training and teaching experiences including with Shirley Temple and Cyd Charisse; her first day on the job as Snow White; life on the film set; her brief marriage to animator Art Babbitt; the hard working conditions in the film industry at that time; more on her contribution to Snow White; her contribution to the film Fantasia; her personal record of the creation of these dances through the on-set film shot by Babbitt; the opening screening of Snow White and secrecy regarding the existence of a Snow White model.
  • Disc 2 (ca. 32 min.). Marge Champion speaks about the difference between choreography and simple dance direction; meeting Walt Disney; the poor compensation received by Disney animators; the role that her education, early performances and experiences at Disney had throughout her life; the transition from performing with husband Gower Champion to assisting him as a director and choreographer.
Donor/Sponsor
New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Marge Champion conducted by Mindy Aloff on July 28, 2005 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in New York City.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2467.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2467
OCLC
NYPY06-R65
Author
Champion, Marge. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Marge Champion [sound recording].
Imprint
2005.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Champion, M.
Added Author
Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2467 [sound disc]
*MGZMT 3-2467 [transcript]
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