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Interview-demonstration with Igor Youskevitch the art of performing.

Title
Interview-demonstration with Igor Youskevitch [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Author
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994.
Publication
1953.

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter, 1913-1982, interviewer.
  • Dance Laboratory.
Description
2 sound discs (108 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Disc 1. Youskevitch discusses projection, the technique of jumping, the male ballet dancer, abstract ballets, pantomime, his approach to his roles in Balanchine's ballets Theme and variations and Apollo. Disc 2. Youskevitch discusses his roles in Les sylphides, L'après-midi d'un faune, Spectre de la rose, Romeo and Juliet (Tudor), and Giselle.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Subject
  • Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994
  • Balanchine, George
  • Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
  • Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)
  • Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokin)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Tudor)
  • Giselle (Choreographic work)
Note
  • Interviewer: Walter Terry.
  • Recorded April 26, 1953. The eighth in the 1952-1953 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, held at the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York City. The season's topic was The art of performing.
  • Due to damage on the original tapes, sound quality is poor in some places.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-112, nos. 1, 2
OCLC
NYPY737097205-R
Author
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994. Interviewee
Title
Interview-demonstration with Igor Youskevitch [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Imprint
1953.
Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Local Note
Original copy: *MGZTO 5-112, nos. 1, 2.
Preservation copy: *MGZTP 4-112, nos. 1, 2.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-112, nos. 1, 2.
Local Subject
Male dancing.
Interpretation in dance performance.
Phonotapes -- Youskevitch, I.
Ballet technique.
Added Author
Terry, Walter, 1913-1982, interviewer.
Dance Laboratory.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-112, nos. 1, 2
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