Research Catalog
Interview with Felia Doubrovska
- Title
- Interview with Felia Doubrovska [sound recording]
- Author
- Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981.
- Publication
- 1972.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| 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 | *MGZTL 4-150 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John.
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 70 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Felia Doubrovska discusses her early years in St. Petersburg and her training at the school of the Maryinsky Theater Ballet; her years in Dyagilev's Ballets Russes; her association with members of that company including Diaghilev, Olga Spessivtzeva, Alexandra Danilova, and George Balanchine; her role in Balanchine's Prodigal son; her marriage to Pierre Vladimirov; teaching at the School of American Ballet.
- Donor/Sponsor
- John Gruen Collection of Oral History Tapes.
- Oral History Archive.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subjects
- Vladimiroff, Pierre, 1893-1970
- Ballets russes
- Prodigal son (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
- Audiotapes > Doubrovska, F
- Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
- School of American Ballet
- Saint Petersburg > Maryinsky Theater > Ballet
- Balanchine, George
- Saint Petersburg > Maryinsky Theater > Ballet School
- Spessivtzeva, Olga, 1895-1991
- Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981
- Note
- Interviewed by John Gruen November 30, 1972, in New York City.
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-150.
- This interview was used as a basis for a chapter in John Gruen's book, The private world of ballet (Viking Press, New York).
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-150
- OCLC
- NYPY747041414-R
- Author
- Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Felia Doubrovska [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1972.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- *MGZTC 3-150 (Former classmark)Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-150.Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-150.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-150.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Doubrovska, F.
- Added Author
- Gruen, John. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-150