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Interview with Janice Cohen Adelson

Title
Interview with Janice Cohen Adelson [sound recording].
Author
Cohen, Janice.
Publication
1998.

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AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2154 (sound cassette)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2154 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Stillman, Meg.
Description
1 sound cassette (approx. 43 min.) +
Summary
Former New York City Ballet dancer Janice Cohen Adelson discusses her early training; the moment when she became serious about ballet; being asked to dance in Nutcracker; her parents' negative reaction to her dance success; her first impressions of Balanchine; Herbert Bliss's kindness toward her; her impressions of Jerome Robbins; her memories of Lincoln Kirstein; the effect of low self-esteem on her dancing; her love for the ballets Serenade and Symphony in C; company dancers and teachers who influenced her the most; her thoughts on New York City Ballet's future mission; her work at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
Series Statement
New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
  • New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Subject
  • Cohen, Janice > Interviews
  • Bliss, Herbert, 1923-1960
  • Balanchine, George
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
  • New York City Ballet
  • Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
  • Serenade (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Note
  • For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2154.
  • Interviewed by Meg Stillman on November 23, 1998, in New York City Ballet's Education Office.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2154
OCLC
NYPY99-R2
Author
Cohen, Janice. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Janice Cohen Adelson [sound recording].
Imprint
1998.
Series
New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Local Note
Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2142, 8 of 13.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2154.
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2154.
Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Cohen, J.
Added Author
Stillman, Meg. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2154 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-2154 [Cassette]
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