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Interview with Ellen Shire
- Title
- Interview with Ellen Shire [sound recording].
- Author
- Shire, Ellen.
- Publication
- 1999.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-2165 (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 3-2165 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kraft, Susan, 1961-
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (approx. 45 min.) +
- Summary
- Former New York City Ballet dancer Ellen Shire discusses her childhood and family background; her early interest in ballet; and her experiences and teachers at the School of American Ballet. She describes meeting George Balanchine; being asked to join the company; the strain of her first season with the company; developing doubts about the role of ballet in her life. She recalls her difficult relationship with Jerome Robbins; working in the studio with George Balanchine; and finally leaving New York City Ballet. She describes her favorite ballets as a dancer; shares her thoughts on the current New York City Ballet; discusses her work first as a children's book author and then as a painter; the dancers who inspired her; and the prevalence of eating disorders among dancers.
- 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
- Subjects
- Note
- For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2165.
- Interviewed by Susan Kraft on February 3, 1999, in the Green Room of the New York State Theater.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2165
- OCLC
- NYPY99-R24
- Author
- Shire, Ellen. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Ellen Shire [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1999.
- Series
- New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
- Local Note
- Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2164, cassette 1 of 4, side A.Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2165.Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Shire, E.
- Added Author
- Kraft, Susan, 1961- Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2165 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2165 [Cassette]