Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Suki Schorer, 1976.

Author

Schorer, Suki

Publication

1976

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Details

Additional Authors

Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-

Description

3 sound discs (approximately one hour and 23 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (approximately 54 minutes). Suki Schorer speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about her family background and early dance training; performing with the San Francisco Ballet; the circumstances of her joining New York City Ballet; her early years at the company; George Balanchine as a teacher including his approach to music; Melissa Hayden; briefly, Allegra Kent and Violette Verdy; Diana Adams [ends abruptly but continues on disc 2].
• Disc 2 (approximately 30 minutes). Suki Schorer speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about some of George Balanchine's works including Panamerica [a suite of dances by Balanchine, John Taras, Francisco Moncion, Jacques D'Amboise and Gloria Contreras]; Tchaikovsky pas de deux; Figure in the carpet; Monumentum [pro Gesualdo]; Donizetti [variations] including its humorous aspects; Western [symphony]; Liebeslieder walzer; Raymonda [variations]; and Movements [for piano and orchestra]; [ends abruptly but continues on disc 3].
• Disc 3 (approximately 59 minutes). Suki Schorer speaks with Elizabeth Kendall about George Balanchine's Midsummer night's dream including Arthur Mitchell as Puck; Balanchine's musicality; Balanchine's Bugaku; his Meditation; Suzanne Farrell and La valse [Valses nobles et sentimentales]; Balanchine's Tarantella; Antony Tudor's Dim lustre including an anecdote about Tudor at rehearsal; Balanchine's Ballet imperial; her favorite roles; Balanchine's Harlequinade; his Don Quixote; his Divertimento no. 15; his Jewels; his Glinkiana; his La source; the transition from dancing with New York City Ballet to teaching at the School of American Ballet and directing the [New York City Ballet] lecture-demonstration program; the content of a typical program; teaching at the School; some of the other teachers at the School; the students.

Alternative Title

• Dance Oral History Project
• Dance Audio Archive

Subject

• Schorer, Suki > Interviews
• Balanchine, George
• Adams, Diana, 1926-1993
• Hayden, Melissa
• New York City Ballet
• School of American Ballet
• Figure in the carpet (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Donizetti variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Liebeslieder Walzer (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Tarantella (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Divertimento no. 15 (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Jewels (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Audiotapes > Schorer, S

Note

• Interviewed by Elizabeth Kendall Aug. 4, 10 and 13, 1976.
• Interview with Suki Schorer conducted by Elizabeth Kendall on August 4, 10, and 13,1976 for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise as well as significant "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps. However, the speakers' voices are almost always easily intelligible.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

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 4-630

OCLC

78579016

Author

Schorer, Suki, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Suki Schorer, 1976.

Production

1976

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Access

Permission required.

Event

Recorded by Elizabeth Kendall 1976, August 4, 10, and 13 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 two hours and 23 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2014.

Local Note

For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-630

Former classmark: *MGZT 5-630

Added Author

Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- interviewer.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-630