- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 53 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 53 minutes). [Begins abruptly after a short period of ambient noise]. John Gruen, host speaks about some of Ivan Nagy's upcoming performances; Ivan Nagy and Gruen speak about partnering; Nagy's wife, Marilyn Burr and their children; dancing with Margot Fonteyn and with Natalia Makarova [interrupted attempt to play a recording of an excerpt of music from Swan lake]; Gruen describes Nagy's physical appearance; Gruen and Nagy speak about Nagy's position with American Ballet Theatre; his thoughts on guest artists at the company including Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alicia Alonso [a recording of the second movement of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano concerto no. 2, used in Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Concerto, is played]; his leaving Hungary to dance in the United States at the invitation of Frederic Franklin; Gelsey Kirkland; his reluctance to request specific roles; closing remarks and announcements.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Ivan Nagy conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on June 28, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair.
- 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
- *MGZTCO 3-636 Side A
- OCLC
- 79638719
- Author
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1976
- Imprint
1976.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, June 28 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 cassette (approximately 53 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3636_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-636 Side A
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Stars and guest stars.
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-636 Side A