Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Dennis Nahat [sound recording]

Author

Nahat, Dennis.

Publication

1978.

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Details

Additional Authors

Stern, Lee Edward.

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 25 min.)

Summary

Dennis Nahat discusses his dancing roles at American Ballet Theater; the eclectic repertory at Cleveland Ballet and his difficulties as artistic director finding young dancers who understand non-classical forms of movement; how important it is that dancers understand different movement styles; the difference between teaching and coaching dancers; the importance of coaching dancers in the revival of a work, including anecdotes about Agnes De Mille's Rodeo and Kurt Jooss' The green table; the art and craft of choreography and music's relationship to that craft; the benefits of live music for dance and the conductor's role in the ballet; some facts about the Cleveland Ballet; and his hopes for the future.

Donor/Sponsor

• Oral History Archive.
• National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Uniform Title

Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subjects

• Green table (Choreographic work : Jooss)
• Audiotapes > Nahat, D
• Cleveland Ballet
• Music and dance
• American Ballet Theatre
• Rodeo (Choreographic work : De Mille)
• Nahat, Dennis > Interviews

Note

• Recorded January 1, 1978.
• Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1348

OCLC

NYPY00-R34

Author

Nahat, Dennis. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Dennis Nahat [sound recording]

Imprint

1978.

Local Note

Preservation master tape: *MGZTO 7-1348.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1348.

Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Nahat, D.

Added Author

Nahat, Dennis. Interviewee

Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer

Added Title

Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1348