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Interview with Ruth Page [videorecording]

Title
Interview with Ruth Page [videorecording]
Publication
1985.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Flaum, Thea.
  • Page, Ruth, 1899-1991.
Description
7 cassettes. 140 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Ruth Page Foundation.
Series Statement
Ruth Page Video Archives ; 7-13
Subject
  • Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 > Interviews
  • Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
  • Bolm, Adolf, 1894-1951
  • Cecchetti, Enrico, 1850-1928
  • Stone, Bentley
  • De Mille, Agnes
  • Zalewski, Jan
  • Ravinia Opera Company
  • Flapper and the quarterback (Choreographic work : Page)
  • Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
  • Peter Pan and the butterfly (Choreographic work : Page)
Note
  • Videotaped at the home of Ruth Page, Chicago, Illinois, on March 20, 1985, by Thea Flaum Productions.
  • Interviewer: Thea Flaum. For a transcript of the interview see: *MGYB (Page) 90-9600 Ruth Page Video Archives, 1990, p. 44-92.
Contents
CONTENTS: Cassette 7. First ballet teachers in the Midwest; Jan Zalewski; dancing with Anna Pavlova; Alvin Ailey; Adolph Bolm as a teacher; going to Tudor Hall; early education; trips to China and Bali. -- Cassette 8. studies with Enrico Cecchetti; dancing in the movies; George Gershwin; the film Danse macabre; Music Box Revue; George Balanchine. -- Cassette 9. Spanish dancing; Peter Pan and the butterfly; Ravinia Opera Company; choreographing for the opera. -- Cassette 10. Teaching and choreographing for the Ravinia Opera; The bartered bride; Bolero '69; notation of her dances. -- Cassette 11. Ravinia operas; tour to Japan; The flapper and the quarterback; Balinese dance. -- Cassette 12. Daily class; The Orient; what makes a good partner; Agnes De Mille. -- Cassette 13. Male dancers; Bentley Stone; Frankie and Johnny; dancing for Pavlova; Music Box Revue.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1249 cassettes 7-13
OCLC
NYPY916044477-F
Title
Interview with Ruth Page [videorecording]
Imprint
1985.
Series
Ruth Page Video Archives ; 7-13
Local Subject
Television. Interview with Ruth Page.
Ballet -- United States -- 20th century.
Musical comedies. Music Box revue.
Partnering in dance.
Added Author
Flaum, Thea. Producer. Interviewer
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991. Interviewee
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1249 cassettes 7-13
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