- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately 53 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 31 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Walter Terry names the publications for which he will be writing articles incorporating material from his notes; speaks about Rudolf Nureyev's performances with the Murray Louis Dance Company, including in the works, by Murray Louis, entitled: Moments, Vivace, and Canarsie Venus; Nureyev's performances with the Nationale Ballet of the Netherlands including in the ballets Le corsaire and Afternoon of a faun; works performed by the Feld Ballet including Eliot Feld's works entitled: La vida, Harbinger, Impromptu, Footstep of air, Intermezzo, and Santa Fe saga, the last, a short solo created for Mikhail Baryshnikov; performances by Merce Cunningham and his company [Merce Cunningham Dance Company]; performances by the French company Théâtre du Silence; performances by the Belgium company, the Royal Ballet of Flanders [Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen]; [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 22 minutes). Walter Terry continues to speak about the performances he saw by the Royal Ballet of Flanders; the Dance Theatre of Harlem, which included a work in which Marion Anderson was the narrator; performances by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of works by Oscar Araiz; performances by the Joffrey Ballet including John Cranko's Brouillards, Vivandière: pas de six, and Gerald Arpino's L'esprit d'air; performances [by Nikolais Dance Theatre?] of [Alwin Nikolais'] dances Castings, Gallery, and Triad; performances by ABT [American Ballet Theatre] including Balanchine's Theme and variations with Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhahil Baryshnikov, [Michel] Fokine's The firebird with Cynthia [Gregory], Kenneth MacMillan's Pavane with Gelsey Kirkland and Ivan Nagy, and Swan lake with various casts; performances by various small companies.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Note
- Notes recorded by Walter Terry on April 1, 1978 in New York City regarding performances by various dance companies, as an aide-de-memoire for articles in Saison de la danse, The New York Times, and The Saturday Review.
- 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 3-843
- OCLC
- 80852990
- Author
Terry, Walter.
- Title
Review notes. April 1, 1978 / Walter Terry
- 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, April 1 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_mgztco3843_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3843_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-843
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
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- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-843