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Interview with Alexander Grant.
- Title
- Interview with Alexander Grant. August 3, 1976.
- Author
- Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011
- Publication
- 1976.
- 1976
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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 4-342 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tobias, Tobi
- Description
- 1 sound disc (approximately 47 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Alexander Grant speaks with Tobi Tobias about Ninette de Valois and Marie Rambert, in particular how they differed; De Valois's strong personality and her relationship with her dancers including Grant; her classes; her gift for thinking ahead; Frederick Ashton as a friend and as a choreographer; his working methods; Ashton as a ballroom dancer; Ashton's relationship with De Valois; her ballet Don Quixote, in particular an anecdote about its opening night; Ashton's ballet A month in the country; more on Ashton as a choreographer including his consciousness of the putative audience; his preference that his ballets express something, for example a story or emotions.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Alexander Grant conducted by Tobi Tobias on August 3, 1976 for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-342
- OCLC
- 79383401
- Author
- Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Alexander Grant. August 3, 1976.
- Imprint
- 1976.
- Production
- 1976
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded by Tobi Tobias 1976, August 3 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
- The conservation 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.
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound reel (approximately 47 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
- Local Note
- For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-342Former classmark: *MGZT 5-342
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Tobias, Tobi, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-342