Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Frederic Franklin. May 9, 2000 [sound recording].

Author

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.

Publication

2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moseley, Monica.
• Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
• George Balanchine Foundation.

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 51 min.) +

Summary

• Cassette 9, side A (ca. 34 min.). The recording begins with Frederic Franklin continuing to speak about the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's performance of Giselle while on tour in the U.S. The recording also includes Franklin's comments on photographs and drawings shown to him at the interview. Franklin speaks about partnering Alexandra Danilova in Giselle; the company's 1948 season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; performing with Yvette Chauviré, in Giselle and other ballets; Danilova's dislike of the role of Giselle; partnering Danilova in Giselle at Sadler's Wells Ballet; dancing with Alicia Alonso; Danilova as Queen of the Wilis at Drury Lane [Theatre] in 1938; the dancers he has partnered in Giselle; performing with Moira Shearer; Ninette de Valois' selection of Margot Fonteyn as Sadler's Wells Ballet's star; Shearer's and Fonteyn's roles in the U.S. in 1949; more on de Valois and Fonteyn; Franklin's stagings of Giselle; Alicia Markova and her Giselle costumes; Markova and Tamara Toumanova; Franklin comments on photographs and drawings of Giselle, including the costumes; Leonide Massine's ballet Harold in Italy, created for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1954; Massine's choreographic problems. [Ends abruptly.]
• Cassette 9, side B (ca. 17 min.). Franklin continues speaking about Harold in Italy; Massine as a person; Franklin comments on photographs and the score of the ballet, including its lack of success; Michel Fokine's ballet Igrouchki [Igroushki] ; Danilova's performance.

Series Statement

Frederic Franklin Oral History Project

Alternative Title

Dance Oral History Project.

Subject

• Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
• Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004
• Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006
• Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
• Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
• De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001
• Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-
• Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
• Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
• Sadler's Wells Ballet
• Igroushki (Choreographic work : Fokin)
• Giselle (Choreographic work)
• Giselle (Choreographic work : Lifar after Coralli and Perrot)
• Harold in Italy (Choreographic work : Massine)

Note

• Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Monica Moseley and Mindy Aloff at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City, primarily on May 9, 2000. This interview was recorded for the Frederic Franklin Oral History Project; the Project is a collaboration between the George Balanchine Foundation and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
• For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 9.
• The transcripts were prepared by the George Balanchine Foundation. The transcripts are edited versions of the recordings and may include material such as follow-up interviews, in person and by telephone, and explanatory notes, which are not included in the recording.

Access (note)

• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 9

OCLC

NYPY04-R70

Author

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Frederic Franklin. May 9, 2000 [sound recording].

Imprint

2000.

Series

Frederic Franklin Oral History Project

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 no. 9

Archive transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2253 no. 9

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 no. 9

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.

Added Author

Moseley, Monica. Interviewer

Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer

George Balanchine Foundation.

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 9 sound cassette

*MGZMT 3-2253 no. 9 transcript

*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 9