- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 20 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 39 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Ivan Nagy speaks with Walter Terry about his decision to retire from dancing; his relationship with American Ballet Theatre including his discussions with Lucia Chase regarding his last season; how he feels about his career in retrospect; post-retirement plans including his determination not to return to dancing, even character roles; his thoughts about coaching and teaching; possible programs and partners for his farewell performance.
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 41 minutes). Ivan Nagy speaks with Walter Terry about his intent to continue taking class after retirement; his children and how he feels about their dancing; some rising (and established) male ballet dancers; ego and dancing, particularly in a pas de deux; his dissatisfaction with Antony Tudor; roles he would have liked to have danced; his thoughts on dancing in Hungary; more on why he does not want to dance (professionally) once he retires.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Ivan Nagy conducted by Walter Terry in New York City, on June 1, 1978, primarily regarding his upcoming retirement.
- Sound quality is 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-822
- OCLC
- 954589787
- Author
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1978
- Production
1978
- 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 Walter Terry 1978, June 1 New York (New York)
- 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 20 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3822_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3822_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-822
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-822