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Interview with Alexander Ewing
- Title
- Interview with Alexander Ewing [sound recording]
- Author
- Ewing, Alexander.
- Publication
- 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-1964 (sound cassette) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-1964 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Thom, Rose Ann.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (90 min.) +
- Summary
- Mr. Ewing, General Director of the City Center Joffrey Ballet, discusses meeting Robert Joffrey; their work and friendship; Joffrey's various talents; Rebekah Harkness' involvement in Joffrey's company and the divisions that resulted; the Rebekah Harkness Foundation; his role in helping Joffrey re-establish his company and creating a non-profit foundation for it; establishing New York's City Center as a home base for the company and expanding its season in New York and nationally; getting financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts; Gerald Arpino; leaving the company; his appraisal of Joffrey's contribution to the dance world; Joffrey's personal qualities; the Joffrey Ballet's move to Chicago; and the company's workshops and residencies at various universities in the early 1960's.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-1964.
- Interviewed by Rose Ann Thom, April 26, 1996, at the Dance Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-1964
- OCLC
- NYPY97-R1
- Author
- Ewing, Alexander. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Alexander Ewing [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1996.
- Local Note
- Archival original: *MGZTCO 3-1964. 1 sound cassette.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1964. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track. 2 reels.Transcript preservation original: *MGZMTO 3-1964.Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Ewing, A.Audiotapes -- Thom, R.
- Added Author
- Thom, Rose Ann. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-1964 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-1964 [Cassette]