Research Catalog

Interview with Cleo Nordi

Title
Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977
Author
Nordi, Cleo
Publication
1977

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Details

Additional Authors
Vaughan, David, 1924-
Description
Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 19 minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 41 minutes). Cleo Nordi speaks with David Vaughan about her training in dance plastique; theories of teaching; studies with Nicholas Legat and his pupils; performing with Anna Pavlova; Pavlova's death.
  • Streaming audio file 2 (The file is approximately 48 minutes. However, the interview ends at approximately 21:30 minutes; the remaining approximate 25 minutes consists of ambient noise or are blank.) Cleo Nordi speaks with David Vaughan about Anna Pavlova; her own childhood and early dance experiences; teaching Margot Fonteyn; her project to record teaching methods.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of David Vaughan
  • Gift of David Vaughan.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Cleo Nordi conducted by David Vaughan on October 20, 1977 in London (England) for a Dance magazine article entitled: Conversation with Cleo Nordi (July 1979). The interview ends at approximately 21:30 minutes into streaming audio file 2; the remaining approximate 25 minutes consist of ambient noise or are blank.
  • Sound quality is very good.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
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.
Source (note)
  • David Vaughan
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-518
OCLC
83154847
Author
Nordi, Cleo, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977
Production
1977
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by David Vaughan 1977 London (England)
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 cassette (approximately one hour and 19 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco3518_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3518_v01f02_sc) in 2015.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-518
Source
Gift David Vaughan
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Added Author
Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-518
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