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Interview with Vida Brown Olnick

Title
Interview with Vida Brown Olnick [sound recording].
Author
Brown, Vida.
Publication
1998.

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AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2150 (sound cassette)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2150 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Goldschmidt, Hubert, 1942-
Description
1 sound cassette (approx. 25 min.) +
Summary
Former New York City Ballet dancer Vida Brown Olnick discusses becoming ballet mistress for New York City Ballet and her responsibilities as ballet mistress; she speculates about George Balanchine's reasons for assigning her the job. She discusses restaging Gounod Symphony for the Company in 1985, the different demands of working with Balanchine and Jerome Robbins and the process of replacing ailing dancers in Company repertoire.
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
  • Brown, Vida > Interviews
  • Balanchine, George
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • New York City Ballet
Note
  • For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2150.
  • Interviewed by Hubert Goldschmidt 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 3-2150
OCLC
NYPY99-R19
Author
Brown, Vida. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Vida Brown Olnick [sound recording].
Imprint
1998.
Series
New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Local Note
Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2142, 5 of 13/Side B.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2150.
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2150.
Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Brown, V.
Added Author
Goldschmidt, Hubert, 1942- Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2150 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-2150 [Cassette]
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