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Interview with Frederic Franklin
- Title
- Interview with Frederic Franklin [sound recording]
- Author
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
- Publication
- 1980.
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| Status | Vol/Date | 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. | reel 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-1371 [sound cassette] reel 2 | 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. | reel 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-1371 [sound cassette] reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stern, Lee Edward.
- Description
- 2 sound cassettes (approx. 50 min.)
- Summary
- Part 1 (25 min.) Frederic Franklin discusses Edward Villella's dance injuries; Franklin's early childhood and family influences; his early training and performance with the Lancashire Lads; his performances with Josephine Baker; Mistinguett; his ballet training in London; his experience with the Markova-Dolin Ballet Company; his partnership with Alexandra Danilova; his role dancing in Gaîté Parisienne for Leonid Massine's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; his efforts staging Schéhérazade on Dance Theater of Harlem.
- Part 2 (25 min.) Frederic Franklin discusses adapting to diverse dancing roles; working with Valerie Bettis; the importance of his experience in theatre to his work as a dancer; Alexandra Danilova's assistance to Franklin throughout his dance career; Royal Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty; his career with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Sol Hurok's influence on their success in the United States; and his relationships with Anna Pavlova, Igor Stravisky, Moira Shearer and Ivan Nagy.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Uniform Title
- Speaking of dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 > Interviews
- Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
- Villella, Edward, 1936-
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
- Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006
- Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014
- Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
- Mistinguett, 1875-
- Markova-Dolin Ballet Company
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
- Schéhérazade (Choreographic work : Franklin after Fokin)
- Note
- Recorded December 29, 1980, broadcast August 14, 1981 and August 21, 1981.
- Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC-FM, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1371
- OCLC
- NYPY00-R60
- Author
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Frederic Franklin [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1980.
- Local Note
- Preservation master tape: *MGZTO 7-1371.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1371.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.
- Added Author
- Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer
- Added Title
- Speaking of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1371