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Interview with Cynthia Harvey
- Title
- Interview with Cynthia Harvey [sound recording].
- Author
- Harvey, Cynthia.
- Publication
- 1980.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 3-1981, side B | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Additional Authors
- Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 34 min.)
- Summary
- Cynthia Harvey speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about the employee lock-out at American Ballet Theatre, including cancellation of the company's performances at the Kennedy Center [John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]; dancing in Mikhail Baryshnikov's production of Don Quixote; dancing her first major role in Eliot Feld's At midnight; taking on roles at the last minute; dancing Glen Tetley's Contredances with Patrick Bissell; the function of the company's choreologist in teaching roles; working with different partners, including Anthony Dowell; working with Tetley on Contredances and Rite of spring; working with Antony Tudor on The leaves are fading; working with Baryshnikov on Don Quixote; his taking over the direction of American Ballet Theatre; Cynthia Gregory's and Gelsey Kirkland's resignations, including their effect on the company; working with Natalia Makarova on La bayadère; her favorite ballets, including Swan lake; attending performances of New York City Ballet and other companies; her dance training, including two summers at the School of American Ballet; attending the National Ballet of Canada School and joining the National Ballet of Canada briefly; moving to New York City; joining American Ballet Theatre in 1974; leisure activities; future goals; absence of overt competitiveness among the dancers at American Ballet Theatre [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive.
- Uniform Title
- Ballet beat (Radio program)
- Subject
- Note
- The speakers' voices are clearly audible, but the recording is marred by extraneous noise.
- Interview with Cynthia Harvey conducted by Kyra Lynn Kaptzan on Jan. 14, 1980 for the radio program Ballet beat on WNYU-FM and broadcast on Feb. 1, 1980.
- Source (note)
- Kyra Lynn Kaptzan.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1981, side B [sound cassette]
- OCLC
- 228881179
- Author
- Harvey, Cynthia. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Cynthia Harvey [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1980.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1981, side B.
- Source
- Gift; Kyra Lynn Kaptzan. NN-PD
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Harvey, C.Audiotapes -- Kaptzan, K.
- Added Author
- Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn. Interviewer
- Added Title
- Ballet beat (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1981, side B [sound cassette]