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Interview with Margaret Craske
- Title
- Interview with Margaret Craske [sound recording]
- Author
- Craske, Margaret.
- Publication
- 1982.
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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. | disc 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1528 disc 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. | disc 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1528 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sears, David, 1948-1992.
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 128 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1. Ca. 64 min. Margaret Craske reminiscences about her career, speaking briefly about various subjects including: Enrico Cecchetti; the Ballets Russes (Diaghilev); Anna Pavlova; the Cecchetti Society in London; her spiritual studies with Meher Baba; Cyril W. Beaumont; Ninette de Valois; Frederick Ashton [short gap]; Anthony Tudor; Alicia Alonso and Margot Fonteyn; Tudor and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet; the Manhattan School of Dance; her students and technique; the Royal Ballet; Lucia Chase and American Ballet Theatre.
- Disc 2. Ca. 64 min. [Begins abruptly.] Craske continues to reminiscence, speaking briefly about various subjects including: elevation of technique over character by dancers today; Ashton as a choreographer; de Valois and the Royal Ballet; Sir Robert Helpmann; Patricia McBride; the Ballets Russes (Diaghilev); Cecchetti; Craske's school in London; Tudor's concern with emotion [short gap]; American Ballet Theatre; Pavlova including her role as the dying swan and her death; Isadora Duncan; teaching Cecchetti's technique; Cecchetti as performer at the Ballets Russes (Diaghilev) [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of David Sears.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subjects
- Note
- Sound quality is poor at times. Recording is marred by extraneous noise.
- Interview with Margaret Craske conducted by David Sears, probably in New York, N.Y. on Sept. 28 and 29, 1982.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1528
- OCLC
- NYPY03-R38
- Author
- Craske, Margaret. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Margaret Craske [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1982.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1528Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1528 nos. 1-2.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1528 nos. 1-2.
- Added Author
- Sears, David, 1948-1992.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1528