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Interview with Rochelle Zide

Title
Interview with Rochelle Zide, 1977
Author
Zide, Rochelle
Publication
1977.

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Details

Additional Authors
Anderson, Jack, 1935-2023.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 1 hour and 39 minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 52 minutes). Rochelle Zide speaks with Jack Anderson about joining the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; the great variation with respect to the dancers' technical ability and physical type; Igor Youskevitch; Frederic Franklin; the lack of artistic direction and teachers; Franklin's reasons for leaving the company; Leonide Massine including his working style; symphonic ballets including Massine's Harold in Italy; the difficulties in staging Massine's ballets today; Antonio Cobos; Hans Rosen and his ballet Dame à la licorne [Lady and the unicorn]; Boris Romanoff's ballet Harlequinade including Alicia Alonso's and Igor Youskevitch's wonderful performances; Salvador Juárez's ballet Tragedy at Calabria; Sergei Denham's lack of artistic vision; Nina Novak and her ballet Variations classiques; Denham as a person; Julius Fleischmann; touring including problems that arose with the productions [ends abruptly but continues directly on streaming audio file 2].
  • Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 47 minutes). Rochelle Zide speaks with Jack Anderson about touring and problems that arose with the productions; life on tour; the Allen Banks [phonetic spelling] award; Rachel Chapman; various people involved in the administration of the company; the decline of the company; the company's production of The nutcracker; Alexandra Danilova; her reasons for leaving and joining the Joffrey Ballet [ends abruptly].
Donor/Sponsor
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Rochelle Zide conducted by Jack Anderson on May 21, 1977.
  • Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including an unrelated conversation being conducted in the vicinity of the interview.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access only on site at the New York Public Library research libraries.
Funding (note)
  • The processing 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
*MGZTO 7-801
OCLC
37633229
Author
Zide, Rochelle, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Rochelle Zide, 1977
Imprint
1977.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Access only on site at the New York Public Library research libraries.
Event
Recorded by Jack Anderson May 21, 1977
Funding
The processing 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 1 hour and 39 minutes); polyester; half-track; 3.75 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7801_v01f01p01_sc and myd_mgzto7801_v01f01p02_sc.
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-801 [side 1]; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-801; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Added Author
Anderson, Jack, 1935-2023. interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-801
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