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National Press Club honors George Balanchine

Title
National Press Club honors George Balanchine [sound recording]
Author
Balanchine, George
Publication
1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Yellin, Gigi.
  • Fusco, Gregory.
  • Stevens, Roger L.
  • Villella, Edward, 1936-
  • Mazzo, Kay.
  • Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018.
  • Wagner, Thea Westreich.
  • Day, Mary.
  • Haywood, Claire.
  • Weil, Suzanne.
  • National Public Radio (U.S.)
  • National Press Club (U.S.)
Description
1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
(62 min.) Following an introduction by Gigi Yellen, George Balanchine speaks to the National Press Club and responds to questions from the audience. Balanchine discusses the growing interest in ballet; his preference for tall, thin dancers; the future of ballet; the possibilities for dancers who have completed college dance programs and dance conservatories to join ballet companies; the strictness of a young dancer's training and its effect on the dancer; the equality within his ballet company, and whether stars like Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov will dance with the New York City Ballet; the star power of Rudolf Nureyev; the Carter administration's relations with the Soviet Union; dance in relation to politics; Russian of American ballet.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
  • Oral History Archive.
Series Statement
  • Rudolf Nureyev Collection
  • Jerome Robbins Collection
Subjects
Note
  • Recorded March 3, 1977.
  • National Public Radio series: National Press Club honors George Balanchine. Introduced for National Public Radio by Gigi Yellen; luncheon introduced by Frank Aukofer, Vice-President of the National Press Club. Panelists include moderator Gregory Fusco; Roger Stevens, chair of Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; New York City Ballet dancers Edward Villella, Kay Mazzo, Karin von Aroldingen, and Thea Westreich; Mary Day, Director of Washington School of Ballet and Washington Ballet Theatre; Claire Haywood, co-director of Capital Ballet; Suzanne Weil, director of National Endowment for the Arts dance program.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2330 RNC
OCLC
NYPY02-R28
Author
Balanchine, George, speaker.
Title
National Press Club honors George Balanchine [sound recording]
Imprint
1977.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection
Jerome Robbins Collection
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTO 10-2330 RNC.
Additional copy received as part of Jerome Robbins bequest 3/1999.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2330 RNC.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Nureyev, R.
Audiotapes -- Balanchine, G.
Added Author
Yellin, Gigi.
Fusco, Gregory.
Stevens, Roger L.
Villella, Edward, 1936-
Mazzo, Kay.
Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018.
Wagner, Thea Westreich.
Day, Mary.
Haywood, Claire.
Weil, Suzanne.
National Public Radio (U.S.)
National Press Club (U.S.)
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2330 RNC
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