Research Catalog
Interview with Alvin Ailey
- Title
- Interview with Alvin Ailey [sound recording]
- Author
- Ailey, Alvin.
- Publication
- 1972.
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| Status | Vol/Date | 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. | 4. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-123-124 4. | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 3. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-123-124 3. | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 2. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-123-124 2. | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 1. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-123-124 1. | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John.
- Description
- 4 sound discs (ca. 144 min.) ; digital; 4 3/4 min.
- Summary
- American choreographer Alvin Ailey discusses his early years in Texas and California; his dance training with Lester Horton and performing with Horton's company; performing with Carmen De Lavallade; the formation of his own companies; his feelings on choreography and the nature of American dance; his associations with other dance companies and ballets he has choreographed for them; plans for other ballets.
- Donor/Sponsor
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by John Gruen January 10 and 11, 1972, in New York City.
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-123-124.
- This interview was used as a basis for an article for the New York Times which never appeared, and later was used for a chapter in John Gruen's book, The private world of ballet (New York, Viking Press).
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-123-124
- OCLC
- NYPY747039990-R
- Author
- Ailey, Alvin. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Alvin Ailey [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1972.
- Local Note
- Arch. origs.: *MGZTCO 3-123 and *MGZTCO 3-124.Preservation copy: *MGZTP 4-123-124, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-123-124, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
- Local Subject
- Phonotapes -- Ailey, A.
- Added Author
- Gruen, John. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-123-124