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Interview with Niels Kehlet, dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet

Title
Interview with Niels Kehlet, dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, 1965.
Author
Kehlet, Niels
Publication
1965.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter
  • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes). Walter Terry introduces Niels Kehlet of the Royal Danish Ballet [Kongelige Danske ballet]. Niels Kehlet speaks with Terry about the mechanics of jumping; the use of jumps to express character, as for example in his roles as the Magician in [Birgit Cullberg's] Moon reindeer, as a bandit in [Roland Petit's] Carmen, and as the jester in Swan lake; the difference between the [Auguste] Bournonville and [George] Balanchine styles of jumping; his own favorite roles including that of Franz in the ballet Coppélia and of Gennaro in Bournonville's Napoli; the seemingly magical costume change in Napoli; favorite roles in abstract ballets such as Balanchine's Symphony in C and Harald Landers' Etudes; his theatrical training, at the Royal Danish Ballet school; teaching. [The final approximate six minutes of the streaming file contain an unrelated recording: an excerpt of an interview with Ruth St. Denis.]
Donor/Sponsor
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Uniform Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  • Kehlet, Niels > Interviews
  • Kongelige Danske ballet
  • Moon reindeer (Choreographic work : Cullberg)
  • Napoli (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
  • Carmen (Choreographic work : Petit)
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Niels Kehlet conducted by Walter Terry, as host, for broadcast on January 2, 1965, by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance. The final approximate six minutes of the recording include an (unrelated) excerpt of an interview with Ruth St. Denis.
  • The sound quality of the Niels Kehlet interview is very good. The Ruth St. Denis interview excerpt is marred by extraneous noise (a recording that is of much lower volume and unintelligible due to its speed). However, the voice of St. Denis and her interviewer are clear and easy to understand.
  • 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.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-65
OCLC
37283226
Author
Kehlet, Niels, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Niels Kehlet, dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, 1965.
Imprint
1965.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNCY, New York on its series, Invitation to Dance 1965, January 2 New York (N.Y.)
Original Version
Original format: (archive original *MGZTO 7-65a) one sound reel (approximately 30 minutes); acetate; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto765a_v01f01_sc.
Original format: (additional archival original: *MGZTO 7-65b): one sound reel (approximately 24 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto765b_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-65a; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, half track. Restored and rehoused in 2015 after water damage.
Additional archival original: *MGZTO 7-65b; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; polyester, half track. Restored and rehoused in 2015 after water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-65; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-65
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