Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Sally Bliss [sound recording]

Author

Bliss, Sally.

Publication

1994.

Details

Additional Authors

Stanton, Sandra.

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.)

Summary

Sally Bliss discusses her first exposure to ballet; studying ballet as a child in Montreal and later in Ottawa; her first teachers; the growth of regional ballet companies and festivals; joining the National Ballet of Canada; ballet technique; finding her own unique style and overcoming physical obstacles; studying with Antony Tudor; Robert Joffrey; Celia Franca; Tudor's ballets Echoing of trumpets and Concerning oracles; Tudor's working process; dancing with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet; American Ballet Theatre; Joffrey Ballet; having her first child; New York City Opera; the founding of the Joffrey II Company and working with them for fifteen years; balancing family life and work; the National Council on the Arts; becoming trustee of the Antony Tudor Ballet Trust; her work with other arts boards.

Subjects

• American Ballet Theatre
• Antony Tudor Ballet Trust
• Franca, Celia, 1921-
• Concerning oracles (Choreographic work : Tudor)
• New York City Opera
• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) > Ballet
• Joffrey, Robert
• Joffrey II Dancers
• National Ballet of Canada
• Regional ballet
• Echoing of trumpets (Choreographic work : Tudor)

Note

• Interviewed by Sandra Stanton in partial fulfillment of course requirements at the Juilliard School, New York.

Event (note)

• Recorded May 18, 1994.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1835

OCLC

NYPY95-R1

Author

Bliss, Sally. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Sally Bliss [sound recording]

Imprint

1994.

Event

Recorded May 18, 1994.

Local Subject

Regional ballet.

Added Author

Stanton, Sandra. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1835