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Interview with Jock Soto
- Title
- Interview with Jock Soto [sound recording].
- Author
- Soto, Jock.
- Publication
- 2006.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | discs 1-2 (discs in one case) | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTL 4-2464 Permission required discs 1-2 (discs in one case) | 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 3-2464 transcript | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Dunning, Jennifer.
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 90 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 45 min.). Jock Soto speaks about his family background; first experiences with dance; including Navajo Hoop dancing with his mother; his early ballet training, including with Stanley Williams; hearing of Williams' death; Soto's own retirement; his earliest memories of the School of American Ballet, including meeting Lincoln Kirstein; the atmosphere at the school in those years; his first years with the company; reminiscences, including of George Balanchine, Peter Martins, and their influence on his career; his performances with the school; his perception of himself as a dancer; his favorite roles; partnering; the pas de deux in Balanchine's Midsummer night's dream.
- Disc 2 (ca. 45 min.). Jock Soto speaks about his pas de deux in Christopher Wheeldon's After the rain; lessons he has learned and the lessons that he tries to impart to his students; working with different ballerinas; changes in his rehearsal style late in his career; teaching and staging; plans for his post-retirement future; the program he danced at his final performance; other brief reflections on his career.
- Donor/Sponsor
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Note
- Interview with Jock Soto conducted by Jennifer Dunning on Apr. 12, 2006 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, in New York City.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2464.
- Access (note)
- Permission required for recordings. The transcript is open.
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2464
- OCLC
- NYPY06-R51
- Author
- Soto, Jock. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jock Soto [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2006.
- Access
- Permission required for recordings. The transcript is open.
- Funding
- Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Partnering in dance.Audiotapes -- Soto, J.
- Added Author
- Dunning, Jennifer. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2464 [sound disc*MGZMT 3-2464 [transcript]*MGZTL 4-2464