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Interview with George Skibine the Harkness Ballet.
- Title
- Interview with George Skibine [sound recording] : the Harkness Ballet.
- Author
- Skibine, George, 1920-1981.
- Publication
- 1965.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2086 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (30 min.) : analog, mono.
- Summary
- Mr. Skibine, artistic director of the Harkness Ballet, discusses the formation of the company; the facilities at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, the company's summer home; American dancers; his own background; his ballet, Daphnis and Chloë, the Harkness Ballet's first European tour; American audiences compared with European audiences; the repertory of the company; its upcoming U.S. tour; some of the outstanding dancers of the company; problems of organizing a New York season.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- World of dance (Radio program)
- Subject
- Note
- Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded and broadcast in 1965 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance. A recording with overlapping content, in streaming file format (accessible on site only at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts) is cataloged under the title: Interview with George Skibine, and Interview with Ralph Burgard, 1965.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2086
- OCLC
- NYPY737084296-R
- Author
- Skibine, George, 1920-1981. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with George Skibine [sound recording] : the Harkness Ballet.
- Imprint
- 1965.
- Local Note
- Archival original: *MGZTO 5-74; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; polyester, quarter track.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2086; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Skibine, G.
- Added Author
- Horosko, Marian. Interviewer
- Added Title
- World of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2086