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Interview with Frederic Franklin.
- Title
- Interview with Frederic Franklin. Dec. 20, 2000 [sound recording].
- Author
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
- Publication
- 2000.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 38 sound cassette | 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. | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 38 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 96 min.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 38, side A (ca. 50 min.). The recording includes Frederic Franklin's comments made in reference to selections from the correspondence files of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Franklin speaks about his promotion from premier danseur to maître de ballet of the company; the dancer Natasha [Nathalie] Krassovska; the dancer Vera Nemchinova; more about Krassovska; traveling by bus on tour; Jean Yazvinsky, the company's régisseur-general; Leonide Massine, including the circumstances of his leaving the company; Bronislava Nijinska, including her strict rules regarding rehearsals; performance anecdote regarding Mikhail Fokine's ballet Les elfes at the Hollywood Bowl; the dancer Igor Youskevitch, including his early days in the company; his rivalry with Franklin, especially regarding the partnering of Alicia Alonso; speaks generally about the level of male dancing in the company, including his own. [Ends abruptly.]
- Cassette 38, side B (ca. 46 min.). Franklin continues to speak about the male dancing in the company, including the prevalence of character roles in the repertory; Boris Kochno, including his relationship with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; the dancer George Zoritch, including his relationship with Franklin and with the company; speaks briefly about the company's public relations manager, Virginia Donaldson; the dancer Andrea Vodehnal; the dancer Marina Svetlova; in connection with the composer Vitorio Rieti's work for the company, speaks briefly about George Balanchine's ballet Night shadow and Antonia Cobos's ballet Mikado; Serge Lifar, including his relationship with Leonide Massine; the dancer Nina Novak, including the circumstances of her joining the company; her roles; Sergei Denham?s promotion of her career; the dancer Lupe Serrano.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Subject
- Note
- Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Mindy Aloff, Monica Moseley, and Nancy Reynolds, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Dec. 20, 2000. The 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. 38.
- 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.
- The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 38
- OCLC
- NYPY05-R10004
- Author
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Frederic Franklin. Dec. 20, 2000 [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2000.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 no. 38Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 no. 38, nos. 1-2Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2253 no. 38
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.
- Added Author
- Aloff, Mindy, 1947- InterviewerMoseley, Monica. InterviewerReynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 38 sound cassette*MGZMT 3-2253 no. 38 transcript