Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Matt Mattox [and] interview with Robert Joffrey and Lillian Moore [sound recording].

Author

Mattox, Matt.

Publication

1965.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Horosko, Marian.
• Joffrey, Robert.
• Moore, Lillian.

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 31 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Tracks 1-13 (ca. 13 min.). Following a short excerpt of jazz music, host Marian Horosko introduces Matt Mattox. Mattox speaks about the character of jazz dancing; his professional background; his style of dancing; his teaching methods; his objectives; Jack Cole. A short excerpt of jazz music is played.
• Tracks 14-31 (ca. 18 min.). Host Marian Horosko introduces Lillian Moore and Robert Joffrey. Joffrey and Moore speak about the Joffrey Ballet, including its origins; the Joffrey Ballet School, including the school's commercial success; the company's development and growth, including its financial reliance on tours; the company's performances in the U.S.S.R.; the grant recently received from the Ford Foundation for new works.

Donor/Sponsor

• Oral History Archive.
• New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.

Uniform Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Subject

• Mattox, Matt
• Joffrey, Robert
• Moore, Lillian
• Joffrey Ballet > History
• Joffrey Ballet School
• Jazz dance
• Performing arts sponsorship
• Dance > Study and teaching

Note

• Interview with Matt Mattox conducted by Marian Horosko at the Showcase studio in New York City in 1965 and interview with Robert Joffrey and Lillian Moore conducted by Marian Horosko on Jan. 12, 1965, both for broadcast by the radio station WNYC, New York as part of its series World of dance, .
• A recording consisting solely of Horosko's interview with Matt Mattox is separately cataloged as *MGZTC 3-2073.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2398

OCLC

NYPY06-R17

Author

Mattox, Matt. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Matt Mattox [and] interview with Robert Joffrey and Lillian Moore [sound recording].

Imprint

1965.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2005-2006.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTO 7-2398

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Mattox, M.

Dance company tours.

Audiotapes -- Joffrey, R.

Audiotapes -- Moore, L.

Added Author

Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Joffrey, Robert. Interviewee

Moore, Lillian. Interviewee

Added Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2398 [sound disc]

*MGZTL 4-2398