- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes). [Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry speaks briefly about the current New York ballet season; Anthony Dowell's rising prominence in the Royal Ballet including his recent performances with the company at the Metropolitan Opera House; his background; his roles in Frederick Ashton's The dream, Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the earth, and Antony Tudor's Shadowplay; Tudor's effective use of stillness in his choreography; Dowell's training and range of technical abilities; more on his roles in Ashton's The dream, MacMillan's Song of the earth, and Tudor's Shadowplay; Antony Tudor's early choreography including his work Pillar of fire, his period of choreographic inactivity; the promise shown in his Shadowplay; upcoming ballets and promising dancers that Terry recommends seeing; the crucial role of new ballets in keeping the art alive; the ballet renaissance occurring today. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker and music.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Note
- Walter Terry speaks about Antony Dowell including Dowell's roles in works by Antony Tudor, and the current state of ballet; recorded on May 5, 1967 and broadcast on May 7, 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
- The sound quality is very good.
- The processing 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.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-80
- OCLC
- 36936958
- Author
Terry, Walter, speaker.
- Title
Anthony Dowell, dancer with the Royal Ballet, and Antony Tudor's Shadowplay, 1967.
- Imprint
1967.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance recorded on May 5, 1967 and broadcast on May 7, 1967 New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 25 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto780_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-80
Former call number: *MGZT 7-80
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-80; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-80; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
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- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-80