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Interview with Lupe Serrano Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project

Title
Interview with Lupe Serrano [sound recording] : Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project / interviewer Michelle Potter.
Author
Serrano, Lupe.
Publication
2007.

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Additional Authors
Potter, Michelle, 1944-
Description
3 sound discs (ca. 140 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • 05/22/07 (ca. 30 min.). Lupe Serrano speaks with Michelle Potter about her teaching at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, American Ballet Theatre, and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company; teachers she admires; building strength and technique; the difference between coaching and teaching; her family; her life as a child in Chile; early dance experiences and not developing her technique until she moved to Mexico; dancing with Anton Dolin and Alicia Markova during her early years in Mexico.
  • 05/22/07 (ca. 30 min.). Lupe Serrano speaks with Michelle Potter about leaving home to tour with a small troupe led by Alicia Alonso; returning to Mexico; teaching and saving money to move to New York City; joining the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and then American Ballet Theatre; her experiences touring including its hardships; thoughts on her own qualities and experiences as a dancer during that period contrasted with the performing lives of dancers today; roles that she became associated with over the years including the Queen of the Willis in Giselle.
  • 05/22/07 (ca. 15 min.). Lupe Serrano speaks with Michelle Potter about other favorite roles from her time at American Ballet Theatre; partners including Royes Fernandez, Erik Bruhn and Rudolf Nureyev. [Ends abruptly.]
  • 05/25/07 (ca. 35 min.). Lupe Serrano speaks with Michelle Potter about the period between the folding of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and her joining American Ballet Theatre, during which she danced briefly for Igor [Aleksandrovich] Shvetzov; dancing with Ballet Theatre in Anton Dolin's Pas de quatre; her interpretation of Dolin's Giselle; more on her time performing with Alicia Alonso and observing Alonso's dancing; performing with American Ballet Theatre in the Soviet Union; the atmosphere of American Ballet Theatre as compared to that of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; performing with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet when American Ballet Theatre was shut down due to a fire.
  • 05/25/07 (ca. 30 min.). Lupe Serrano speaks with Michelle Potter about her interest in teaching; her teaching style; different teaching experiences; her point of view as a teacher regarding styles and technique; the basic structure and content of her classes; teaching different types of dancers; changes in teaching styles and the influence of a more therapeutic approach; the ballet career of her daughter Veronica.
Donor/Sponsor
New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008
Uniform Title
Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.
Alternative Title
  • Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
  • Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Lupe Serrano conducted by Michelle Potter, on May 22 and 25, 2007 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City, as part of the Speaking of dancing oral history project.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  • This oral history interview was funded by a gift from Anne H. Bass.
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Humanties, 2007-2008.
Biography (note)
  • Michelle Potter was Curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, from Aug. 2006 - Jan. 2008.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2479
OCLC
299582942
Author
Serrano, Lupe. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Lupe Serrano [sound recording] : Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project / interviewer Michelle Potter.
Imprint
2007.
Series
Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.
Funding
This oral history interview was funded by a gift from Anne H. Bass.
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Humanties, 2007-2008.
Biography
Michelle Potter was Curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, from Aug. 2006 - Jan. 2008.
Local Note
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2479 nos. 1-3
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2479 nos. 1-3
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2479
The summary of the contents of the recording, which has been preserved in compact disc format, is organized based on the date and duration of each section described. The transcript reflects the divisions of the original recording, which was made on sound cassettes.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Dance company tours.
Audiotapes -- Serrano, Lupe.
Added Author
Potter, Michelle, 1944- Interviewer
Bass, Anne H. Funder
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2479 [sound disc]
*MGZMT 3-2479 [transcript]
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